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    AMD FX-6120 vs AMD FX-4300

    AMD FX-6120
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-6120
    AMD FX-4300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-4300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-6120
      112%
    • AMD FX-4300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-6120
      100%
    • AMD FX-4300
      103%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-6120
      128%
    • AMD FX-4300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-6120

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

    None
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD FX-6120

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-6120

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-6120AMD FX-4300
    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-6120AMD FX-4300
    ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameZambezivsVishera
    Release DateOct 2012vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD FX-6120AMD FX-4300
    Cores6vs4
    Threads6vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD FX-6120AMD FX-4300
    L1 Cache288 KBvs192 KB
    L2 Cache6144 KBvs4096 KB
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-6120AMD FX-4300
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-6120AMD FX-4300
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltage1.425 Vvs1.425 V
    TDP95 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-6120
      2478 points
    • AMD FX-4300
      2440 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-6120
      10450 points
    • AMD FX-4300
      7603 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-6120
      6973
    • AMD FX-4300
      5412

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-6120
      1882
    • AMD FX-4300
      1941

    points - higher is better

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