AMD FX-8120 vs AMD FX-8320E

AMD FX-8120
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-8120
AMD FX-8320E
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
AMD FX-8320E

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8120
    100%
  • AMD FX-8320E
    110%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8120
    100%
  • AMD FX-8320E
    107%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8120
    100%
  • AMD FX-8320E
    112%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8120

None

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320E

7% higher single threaded performance.
12% higher multi threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 10% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-8320E

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320E

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320E
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320E
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZambezivsVishera
Release DateOct 2011vsSep 2014

Cores

AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320E
Cores8vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320E
L1 Cache384 KBvs384 KB
L2 Cache8192 KBvs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320E
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8120AMD FX-8320E
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvs1.425 V
TDP125 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8120
    2360 points
  • AMD FX-8320E
    2440 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8120
    11998 points
  • AMD FX-8320E
    12805 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    8416
  • AMD FX-8320E
    9714

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    2092
  • AMD FX-8320E
    2238

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    9804
  • AMD FX-8320E
    10693

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    1805
  • AMD FX-8320E
    1964

points - higher is better