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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD FX-8120

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD FX-8120
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
    AMD FX-8120

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    60 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8120

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD FX-8120
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4a
    AES
    AVX
    CLMUL
    CVT16
    EVP
    FMA4
    XOP
    Turbo Core
    HT3.1

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD FX-8120
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Bulldozer
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsZambezi
    Release DateMar 2018vsOct 2011

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD FX-8120
    Cores6vs8
    Threads12vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD FX-8120
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs384 KB
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD FX-8120
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vs315mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD FX-8120
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
    TDP65 Wvs125 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • AMD FX-8120
      2360 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • AMD FX-8120
      11998 points

    Points - higher is better

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