AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8140 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.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 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)-8140 Eight-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 32.65

Overall Rank:
2609th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
3386th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
681st fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $148.86 USD (2020-03-18)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4860

Single Thread Rating

1273

Samples: 7*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,071
Thread: 1,262

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core

Integer Math	17,808 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	8,689 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	24 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	10,798 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,574 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	82,248 KBytes/Sec
Physics	421 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,329 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,273 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,054
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,288
Apple M4 10 Core		23,567
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,024
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,860

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		172.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		96.92
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.19
AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		32.65
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		1,273

Last 1 Baselines for AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1533650 - Mar 16 2022		4767

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,860
Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,357 (-10.3%)
Intel Core i7-3770T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		5,425 (+11.6%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,231 (-12.9%)
Intel Core i7-3770S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		6,178 (+27.1%)
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		5,305 (+9.2%)
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		5,137 (+5.7%)
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,643 (-4.5%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,106 (-15.5%)
Intel Core i5-2450P @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		4,273 (-12.1%)
Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		5,795 (+19.2%)
Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		5,689 (+17.1%)
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		5,477 (+12.7%)

Is the AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,464
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,518
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,685
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,497
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,377
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core		612

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