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    AMD FX-8120 vs AMD FX-6300

    AMD FX-8120
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
    AMD FX-8120
    AMD FX-6300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-6300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8120
      104%
    • AMD FX-6300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8120
      100%
    • AMD FX-6300
      108%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8120
      116%
    • AMD FX-6300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8120

    16% higher multi threaded performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

    8% higher single threaded performance.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-6300
    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-6300
    ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameZambezivsVishera
    Release DateOct 2011vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-6300
    Cores8vs6
    Threads8vs6
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-6300
    L1 Cache384 KBvs288 KB
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs6144 KB
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-6300
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8120AMD FX-6300
    Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4100 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltage1.425 Vvs1.4 V
    TDP125 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8120
      2360 points
    • AMD FX-6300
      2501 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8120
      11998 points
    • AMD FX-6300
      10504 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8120
      8416
    • AMD FX-6300
      7392

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8120
      2092
    • AMD FX-6300
      2269

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8120
      9804
    • AMD FX-6300
      8207

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8120
      1805
    • AMD FX-6300
      1974

    points - higher is better

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