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    AMD FX-8120 Overview

    AMD FX-8120
    Type: DESKTOP
    Release date: Oct 2011
    AMD FX-8120
    AMD_BulldozerArchitecture
    8Cores
    8Threads
    3100 Mhz Frequency
    4000 MhzTurbo Clock
    125 W TDP

    Summary

    Relative performance

    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      265%
    • Intel Core i7-5930K
      224%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      221%
    • Intel Core i7-5820K
      219%
    • Intel Core i7-4960X
      218%
    • Intel Core i7-4930K
      209%
    • Intel Core i7-3970X
      203%
    • Intel Core i7-3960X
      200%
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      198%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      194%
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      192%
    • Intel Core i7-4770K
      184%
    • Intel Core i7-3770K
      172%
    • Intel Core i5-4690K
      170%
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      169%
    • Intel Core i7-4820K
      169%
    • Intel Core i7-4771
      167%
    • Intel Core i7-3940XM
      167%
    • Intel Core i7-4770
      165%
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      165%
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      164%
    • Intel Core i5-4670K
      164%
    • Intel Core i7-4930MX
      164%
    • Intel Core i7-4770R
      163%
    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      163%
    • Intel Core i7-4980HQ
      162%
    • Intel Core i7-4910MQ
      162%
    • Intel Core i7-4790S
      161%
    • Intel Core i7-4770S
      161%
    • Intel Core i7-2600K
      160%
    • Intel Core i7-990X
      157%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      156%
    • Intel Core i7-4960HQ
      156%
    • Intel Core i7-4770T
      154%
    • Intel Core i5-3570K
      154%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      153%
    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      152%
    • Intel Core i7-4900MQ
      152%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      151%
    • Intel Core i7-3840QM
      150%
    • Intel Core i7-4800MQ
      150%
    • Intel Core i5-2550K
      149%
    • Intel Core i5-4670
      149%
    • Intel Core i7-3770S
      149%
    • Intel Core i7-4850HQ
      147%
    • Intel Core i7-4810MQ
      146%
    • Intel Core i5-2500K
      145%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      144%
    • Intel Core i5-4590
      144%
    • Intel Core i7-4770HQ
      143%
    • Intel Core i7-3820QM
      143%
    • Intel Core i5-6400
      141%
    • Intel Core i7-3720QM
      141%
    • Intel Core i5-4570
      140%
    • AMD FX-9590
      139%
    • Intel Core i5-3570S
      139%
    • Intel Core i7-2600
      139%
    • Intel Core i5-4590S
      139%
    • Intel Core i7-3770T
      139%
    • Intel Core i7-2960XM
      138%
    • Intel Core i5-3570
      138%
    • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
      137%
    • Intel Core i5-3550S
      137%
    • Intel Core i5-3550
      137%
    • Intel Core i7-4700HQ
      136%
    • Intel Core i7-4710HQ
      135%
    • Intel Core i5-4570S
      135%
    • Intel Core i7-4712HQ
      135%
    • Intel Core i7-4702HQ
      135%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QE
      134%
    • Intel Core i5-3475S
      133%
    • Intel Core i5-4670T
      132%
    • Intel Core i3-4370
      131%
    • Intel Core i7-2600S
      131%
    • Intel Core i5-4440
      130%
    • Intel Core i5-3470
      130%
    • Intel Core i3-4360T
      130%
    • Intel Core i7-3615QM
      130%
    • Intel Pentium G3258
      129%
    • Intel Core i5-3450
      129%
    • Intel Core i3-4340
      129%
    • Intel Core i5-3470S
      128%
    • Intel Core i7-4765T
      128%
    • Intel Core i7-2860QM
      128%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QM
      127%
    • Intel Core i7-4750HQ
      127%
    • Intel Core i5-4570R
      127%
    • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
      127%
    • Intel Core i7-3630QM
      127%
    • Intel Core i5-4430
      127%
    • Intel Core i5-3450S
      126%
    • AMD FX-9370
      126%
    • AMD FX-8370
      126%
    • Intel Core i5-2450P
      125%
    • Intel Core i5-2500
      125%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      124%
    • Intel Core i5-3570T
      124%
    • Intel Core i7-2920XM
      124%
    • Intel Core i7-3635QM
      122%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      122%
    • Intel Core i3-4330
      122%
    • Intel Core i5-2380P
      122%
    • Intel Core i5-5287U
      122%
    • Intel Core i5-4430S
      122%
    • AMD FX-8350
      121%
    • Intel Core i7-5557U
      121%
    • Intel Core i7-3632QM
      120%
    • Intel Core i5-3330
      120%
    • Intel Core i7-2760QM
      119%
    • Intel Core i7-2820QM
      119%
    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      119%
    • Intel Core i5-3350P
      118%
    • Intel Core i7-4600M
      118%
    • Intel Core i5-3335S
      118%
    • Intel Core i7-4650U
      117%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      117%
    • Intel Core i7-3612QM
      116%
    • Intel Core i5-4570T
      116%
    • Intel Core i5-3330S
      116%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      115%
    • Intel Core i7-4558U
      115%
    • Intel Core i5-5257U
      115%
    • Intel Core i7-5650U
      115%
    • Intel Core i7-3540M
      114%
    • Intel Core i3-4130
      114%
    • Intel Core i5-2320
      112%
    • Intel Core i5-3380M
      111%
    • Intel Core i7-2720QM
      110%
    • AMD FX-8320E
      110%
    • Intel Core i7-5600U
      109%
    • Intel Core i3-4330T
      109%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      109%
    • Intel Core i5-3470T
      108%
    • Intel Core i7-3520M
      108%
    • AMD FX-8300
      107%
    • Intel Core i5-3340M
      107%
    • Intel Core i5-3360M
      107%
    • AMD FX-8150
      107%
    • Intel Core i5-4670S
      106%
    • Intel Core i5-4288U
      106%
    • AMD FX-6350
      105%
    • Intel Core i5-2500T
      105%
    • Intel Core i5-4300M
      105%
    • Intel Core i5-2405S
      104%
    • Intel Core i7-2675QM
      104%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      104%
    • Intel Core i5-2400S
      103%
    • Intel Core i7-2670QM
      103%
    • Intel Core i7-4600U
      103%
    • Intel Pentium G3430
      103%
    • Intel Core i7-2635QM
      102%
    • Intel Core i5-4258U
      102%
    • Intel Core i3-4130T
      102%
    • Intel Core i7-5500U
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-3320M
      100%
    • AMD FX-8120
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2390T
      99%
    • Intel Core i3-3225
      99%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      98%
    • AMD FX-6200
      98%
    • Intel Core i7-3687U
      98%
    • AMD FX-6300
      97%
    • Intel Core i7-2630QM
      96%
    • AMD A10-6800K
      96%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      96%
    • AMD A10-7850K
      95%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      95%
    • Intel Pentium G3420
      95%
    • Intel Core i5-5250U
      95%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      95%
    • Intel Core i5-5300U
      94%
    • Intel Core i5-3230M
      94%
    • AMD FX-4350
      94%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      93%
    • AMD FX-6120
      93%
    • AMD A10-7700K
      93%
    • Intel Core i5-4350U
      93%
    • Intel Core i5-3210M
      92%
    • Intel Core i3-2125
      92%
    • Intel Pentium G2130
      92%
    • Intel Core i5-2540M
      92%
    • AMD A10-6790K
      92%
    • Intel Core i7-3667U
      92%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      91%
    • AMD FX-4170
      90%
    • Intel Core i5-2520M
      90%
    • Intel Core i5-5200U
      90%
    • AMD A10-6700T
      89%
    • Intel Core i7-3537U
      89%
    • Intel Core i5-2435M
      89%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
      89%
    • Intel Pentium G3220
      89%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      88%
    • Intel Core i5-4250U
      88%
    • Intel Pentium G2120
      88%
    • Intel Core i3-2105
      88%
    • AMD A10-5800K
      88%
    • AMD FX-6100
      87%
    • Intel Core i5-3437U
      87%
    • Intel Core i5-2450M
      86%
    • AMD FX-8100
      86%
    • Intel Celeron G1840
      86%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      86%
    • Intel Core i3-3220T
      86%
    • AMD FX-4300
      86%
    • AMD A8-5600K
      85%
    • Intel Core i7-3517U
      85%
    • AMD A8-6500
      85%
    • Intel Core i5-4200U
      84%
    • Intel Celeron G1820
      83%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      83%
    • AMD A10-5700
      83%
    • Intel Pentium G870
      82%
    • Intel Core i5-3427U
      82%
    • Intel Core i5-2430M
      81%
    • AMD FX-4130
      81%
    • Intel Core i5-2410M
      80%
    • Intel Pentium G850
      79%
    • Intel Pentium G2020
      79%
    • Intel Pentium G2010
      79%
    • Intel Pentium G860T
      79%
    • Intel Celeron G1630
      79%
    • Intel Core i3-3130M
      79%
    • Intel Core i5-2415M
      79%
    • Intel Pentium G3220T
      77%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      77%
    • Intel Core i3-5010U
      77%
    • AMD FX-4100
      77%
    • Intel Pentium G840
      77%
    • Intel Core i5-2557M
      76%
    • Intel Core i5-3317U
      76%
    • Intel Core i5-3337U
      76%
    • AMD A8-5500
      75%
    • Intel Core i3-2100T
      75%
    • Intel Core i3-4000M
      75%
    • Intel Celeron G1620T
      74%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 651
      74%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 460
      74%
    • Intel Pentium G645
      73%
    • AMD A8-3850
      73%
    • Intel Core i3-3120M
      72%
    • AMD A6-6400K
      72%
    • Intel Pentium G2020T
      72%
    • AMD A8-3870K
      72%
    • Intel Celeron G1610
      72%
    • Intel Pentium G640
      72%
    • Intel Core i3-5005U
      71%
    • Intel Pentium 2030M
      71%
    • Intel Core i3-3110M
      71%
    • Intel Core i7-3689Y
      69%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 641
      69%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 280
      69%
    • AMD A4-6300
      68%
    • Intel Celeron G550
      68%
    • Intel Pentium G630
      68%
    • AMD A6-3670K
      67%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      67%
    • AMD A6-5400B
      67%
    • Intel Pentium G645T
      67%
    • Intel Celeron G1610T
      67%
    • AMD A10-5750M
      66%
    • Intel Celeron G540
      66%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      66%
    • Intel Pentium G6960
      66%
    • AMD A6-3650
      65%
    • Intel Pentium G620
      65%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 631
      65%
    • AMD A10-5757M
      65%
    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      65%
    • Intel Celeron G530
      64%
    • Intel Core i3-2312M
      64%
    • AMD A8-3820
      64%
    • Intel Core i3-2350M
      63%
    • AMD A8-3800
      62%
    • AMD A4-5300
      62%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 270
      62%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 620e
      62%
    • Intel Pentium G630T
      62%
    • AMD A10-4600M
      61%
    • Intel Core i3-2328M
      61%
    • Intel Core i3-2330M
      61%
    • Intel Pentium B980
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-4200Y
      61%
    • Intel Pentium B970
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-4010U
      60%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 425e
      60%
    • Intel Core i3-3227U
      59%
    • Intel Core i3-2310M
      58%
    • Intel Core i5-3339Y
      58%
    • AMD A4-4000
      58%
    • Intel Celeron G540T
      57%
    • AMD A8-5557M
      57%
    • Intel Pentium B960
      57%
    • AMD A6-3620
      57%
    • Intel Core i5-2467M
      56%
    • AMD A6-3600
      56%
    • Intel Pentium G620T
      56%
    • Intel Pentium B950
      56%
    • AMD A4-5150M
      55%
    • Intel Core i3-3217UE
      55%
    • AMD A8-5550M
      54%
    • AMD A6-5357M
      54%
    • Intel Celeron 1037U
      54%
    • Intel Pentium 3556U
      53%
    • Intel Celeron 1000M
      53%
    • Intel Pentium B940
      53%
    • AMD A8-3550MX
      53%
    • AMD A8-3530MX
      53%
    • AMD A6-5350M
      53%
    • AMD A4-3420
      52%
    • AMD A10-5745M
      52%
    • AMD A6-3430MX
      52%
    • Intel Celeron B840
      52%
    • AMD A6-5345M
      51%
    • AMD A4-3400
      51%
    • Intel Pentium 2117U
      51%
    • AMD A6-4400M
      51%
    • AMD A10-4655M
      50%
    • AMD A8-3510MX
      50%
    • Intel Core i5-2537M
      50%
    • AMD A6-3500
      49%
    • AMD A8-4500M
      49%
    • Intel Celeron B830
      49%
    • Intel Core i3-4010Y
      48%
    • AMD A4-4300M
      48%
    • AMD A4-3300
      48%
    • Intel Celeron B820
      47%
    • AMD A8-3520M
      46%
    • Intel Core i3-2377M
      46%
    • Intel Celeron 2955U
      46%
    • Intel Celeron B810
      46%
    • AMD A6-5200
      46%
    • AMD A8-5545M
      45%
    • AMD E2-3200
      45%
    • Intel Celeron B815
      44%
    • AMD A6-3410MX
      44%
    • Intel Celeron G465
      44%
    • Intel Pentium 997
      44%
    • Intel Celeron 887
      43%
    • Intel Pentium 3560Y
      43%
    • Intel Core i3-2367M
      42%
    • AMD A8-4555M
      42%
    • Intel Core i3-3229Y
      42%
    • AMD A8-3500M
      42%
    • Intel Atom Z3770
      42%
    • Intel Celeron 1007U
      42%
    • Intel Celeron B800
      41%
    • AMD A6-3420M
      41%
    • Intel Celeron G460
      41%
    • AMD A4-3310MX
      41%
    • Intel Pentium P6300
      40%
    • AMD A4-3330MX
      40%
    • Intel Celeron 877
      40%
    • Intel Core i3-2357M
      40%
    • AMD A4-3305M
      39%
    • AMD A4-3320M
      39%
    • AMD A6-3400M
      39%
    • AMD A6-4455M
      38%
    • Intel Pentium 967
      38%
    • Intel Pentium 987
      38%
    • Intel Celeron 857
      37%
    • AMD A4-3300M
      37%
    • AMD A4-4355M
      36%
    • AMD A4-5000
      36%
    • Intel Celeron G440
      35%
    • Intel Atom Z3740
      35%
    • Intel Celeron 867
      34%
    • AMD E2-3000M
      34%
    • Intel Pentium 2129Y
      33%
    • AMD E2-3000
      32%
    • Intel Celeron 847
      30%
    • AMD A6-1450
      29%
    • Intel Pentium U5600
      27%
    • AMD E2-2000
      24%
    • AMD E2-1800
      23%
    • AMD E1-2500
      23%
    • AMD E-350
      22%
    • AMD E-450
      22%
    • Intel Atom D2700
      21%
    • AMD E1-1500
      20%
    • AMD A4-1200
      20%
    • AMD E1-1200
      19%
    • AMD E1-2100
      19%
    • Intel Atom D2550
      19%
    • AMD A4-1250
      19%
    • Intel Atom N2800
      18%
    • AMD E-300
      17%
    • Intel Atom Z2760
      17%
    • AMD C-60
      17%
    • Intel Atom D2500
      16%
    • AMD E-240
      16%
    • Intel Atom N570
      16%
    • AMD C-70
      15%
    • Intel Atom N2600
      15%
    • AMD Z-01
      15%
    • AMD C-50
      14%
    • Intel Atom Z670
      9%

    Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

    The AMD FX-8120 is a cpu released by AMD on Oct 2011. This processor is based on the architecture and packs 1200 million transistors on a 32 nm, 315 mm² die.

    AMD FX-8120 pros and cons


    Specifications


    Features

    Architecture

    ArchitectureAMD Bulldozer
    MarketDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3
    CodenameZambezi
    Release DateOct 2011

    Cores

    Cores8
    Threads8
    E-Coresnone
    SMPs1
    Integrated GraphicsNo

    Cache

    L1 Cache384 KB
    L2 Cache8192 KB
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    SocketAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknown
    PackageuPGA
    Die Size315mm²
    Process32 nm

    Performance

    Cpu Frequency3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHz
    Voltage1.425 V
    TDP125 W

    Compared to similar performing CPUs

    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4150TIntel Celeron G1840AMD A10-7850K
    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4150TIntel Celeron G1840AMD A10-7850K
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    ArchitectureAMD_BulldozerAMD_PiledriverIntel_HaswellIntel_HaswellAMD_Steamroller
    Process Node32 nm32 nm22 nm22 nm28 nm
    Cores/Threads8/88/82/42/24/4
    Release DateOct 2011Sep 2014May 2014May 2014Jan 2014

    Benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      3044
    • Intel Celeron G1840
      2260
    • AMD A10-7850K
      2173
    • AMD FX-8320E
      1964
    • AMD FX-8120
      1805

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8320E
      9714
    • AMD FX-8120
      8416
    • AMD A10-7850K
      6444
    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      6426
    • Intel Celeron G1840
      3990

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      3344
    • AMD A10-7850K
      2346
    • AMD FX-8320E
      2238
    • AMD FX-8120
      2092

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8320E
      10693
    • AMD FX-8120
      9804
    • AMD A10-7850K
      7176
    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      7075

    points - higher is better