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