AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

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.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

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: 59.31

Overall Rank:
2076th fastest in multithreading out of 5034 CPUs
2673rd fastest in single threading out of 5034 CPUs
581st fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $78.02 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4628

Single Thread Rating

1329

Samples: 2559*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 6,808
Thread: 1,256

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

Integer Math	17,460 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	8,674 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	10,238 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,461 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	77,957 KBytes/Sec
Physics	424 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,333 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,329 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,754
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,498
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,197
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,634
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,628

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.43
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		101.30
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.35
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		59.31
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 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		1,329

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2507365 - Mar 25 2025		4270
BL2496606 - Mar 21 2025		4745
BL2481822 - Mar 14 2025		3528
BL2462404 - Mar 06 2025		4823
BL2451238 - Mar 01 2025		5774

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,628
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		5,296 (+14.4%)
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		5,112 (+10.5%)
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,938 (+6.7%)
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,672 (+1.0%)
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,618 (-0.2%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,516 (-2.4%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,296 (-7.2%)
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		4,790 (+3.5%)
Intel Core i5-2380P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		3,901 (-15.7%)
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		3,694 (-20.2%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		3,474 (-24.9%)
Intel Core i7-3770S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		6,188 (+33.7%)

Is the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,187
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,340
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,538
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,698
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,530
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,407
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,292
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core		624

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