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Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM3+
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)
Typical TDP: 125 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor, AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor (
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 59.36
Overall Rank:
2040th fastest in multithreading out of 4980 CPUs
2625th fastest in single threading out of 4980 CPUs
571st fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $78.02 USD (2024-05-07)
Integer Math | 17,479 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 8,687 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 10,257 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,461 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 78,107 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 425 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 2,334 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,331 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,827 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,390 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,068 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,576 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,110 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,876 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,216 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,726 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,620 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,152 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,631 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 198.90 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 191.94 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 155.19 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 145.23 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 131.90 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.54 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 59.36 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 47.31 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,614 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,151 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,024 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,904 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,684 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 1,331 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2371005 - Jan 27 2025 | 4972 | |
BL2354035 - Jan 19 2025 | 5914 | |
BL2348359 - Jan 17 2025 | 4783 | |
BL2333185 - Jan 10 2025 | 4832 | |
BL2328499 - Jan 08 2025 | 1335 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,631 | |
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,285 (+14.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,483 (+18.4%) | |
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,440 (+17.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 6,412 (+38.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,744 (+24.0%) | |
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,108 (+10.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,673 (+0.9%) | |
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,613 (-0.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,504 (-2.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,293 (-7.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,172 (-9.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,113 (-11.2%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,189 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,866 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,646 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,606 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,306 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,845 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,522 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,517 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,262 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,104 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,036 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 625 |