AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i3-4150T

AMD FX-8120
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-8120
Intel Core i3-4150T
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2014
Intel Core i3-4150T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8120
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8120
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    164%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8120
    134%
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8120

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 34% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4150T

Much higher single threaded performance (around 64% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
90 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8120.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-8120

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8120

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8120Intel Core i3-4150T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
FMA3

Architecture

AMD FX-8120Intel Core i3-4150T
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZambezivsHaswell
Release DateOct 2011vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD FX-8120Intel Core i3-4150T
Cores8vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD FX-8120Intel Core i3-4150T
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8120Intel Core i3-4150T
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8120Intel Core i3-4150T
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs2900 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8120
    2360 points
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    3248 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8120
    11998 points
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    7795 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    8416
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    6426

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    2092
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    3344

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    9804
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    7075

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8120
    1805
  • Intel Core i3-4150T
    3044

points - higher is better