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Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM3+
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)
Typical TDP: 125 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor, AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor (
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 59.36
Overall Rank:
2114th fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
2707th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
591st fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $78.02 USD (2024-05-07)
Integer Math | 17,468 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 8,674 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 10,239 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,462 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 77,984 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 424 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 2,336 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,331 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,729 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,318 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,048 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,490 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,131 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,868 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,186 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,712 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,646 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,631 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 146.82 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 131.17 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.33 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 59.36 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,141 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,922 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 1,331 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2561805 - Apr 17 2025 | 4731 | |
BL2557981 - Apr 16 2025 | 4726 | |
BL2557849 - Apr 16 2025 | 4959 | |
BL2557023 - Apr 15 2025 | 4753 | |
BL2529059 - Apr 03 2025 | 4953 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,631 | |
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,297 (+14.4%) | |
AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,335 (+15.2%) | |
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 5,112 (+10.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,939 (+6.6%) | |
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,621 (-0.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,516 (-2.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,297 (-7.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,790 (+3.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-2380P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 3,901 (-15.8%) | |
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 3,695 (-20.2%) | |
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 3,474 (-25.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-3770S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 6,192 (+33.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,484 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,175 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,320 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,845 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,605 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,514 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,293 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,817 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,705 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,523 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,423 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,341 | |
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 624 |