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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.

Is the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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: 59.49

Overall Rank:
1967th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
2548th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
557th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
4641
Single Thread Rating
1335

Samples: 2532*
*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 Math17,540 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math8,704 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting10,293 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption1,459 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression78,395 KBytes/Sec
Physics428 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,340 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,335 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of November 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of November 2024.
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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,156
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,641
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K
155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K
147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
60.46
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
59.49
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,567
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
1,335
Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2208862 - Oct 02 2024
5137
BL2203070 - Sep 24 2024
5017
BL2186882 - Sep 04 2024
3279
BL2185981 - Sep 03 2024
4608
BL2183944 - Sep 01 2024
4889
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,641
Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,748 (+23.8%)
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,260 (+13.3%)
Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,492 (+18.3%)
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,091 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,932 (+6.3%)
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,678 (+0.8%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,503 (-3.0%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,293 (-7.5%)
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,134 (-10.9%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,098 (-11.7%)
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,789 (+3.2%)
Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,659 (+0.4%)

Is the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,942
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
628