AMD FX-6120 vs Intel Core i7-2635QM

What is the difference between AMD FX-6120 and Intel Core i7-2635QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

518Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score470
1899Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1802
PassMark CPU Mark Rating3370
PassMark Single Thread Rating1198

Processor Specs

AMD FX-6120ProcessorIntel Core i7-2635QM
3500 MHzFrequency2000 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency2900 MHz
3Cores4
6Threads8
95 WTDP45 W
GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
ZambeziCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageFCBGA1224

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

517Single-Core Score478
1897Multi-Core Score2240
Geekbench 5.2.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G66)
Hewlett-Packard h8-1234ModelMacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011)
Model IDMacBookPro8,2
Gigabyte 2AC8MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-6120NameIntel Core i7-2635QM
1 Processor, 3 Cores, 6 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.49 GHzBase Frequency2.00 GHz
4.09 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM3+ (942)Package
ZambeziCodename
64.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
16.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 3L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

10.00 GBSize8.00 GB
664 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

517Single-Core Score478
690Crypto Score522
522Integer Score427
476Floating Point Score 580
690
1.18 GB/sec
AES-XTS522
910.6 MB/sec
671
3.40 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)530
2.68 MB/sec
564
26.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression441
20.9 Mpixels/sec
539
1.52 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)509
1.44 MTE/sec
485
569.2 KElements/sec
HTML5337
395.1 KElements/sec
518
162.1 Krows/sec
SQLite383
120.1 Krows/sec
531
28.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering423
23.0 Mpixels/sec
424
135.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering411
130.8 KB/sec
549
4.28 Klines/sec
Clang401
3.12 Klines/sec
453
5.25 images/sec
Camera438
5.08 images/sec
431
539.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics453
566.4 Kpairs/sec
392
2429.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics555
3440.3 FPS
369
20.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur421
23.1 Mpixels/sec
448
3.45 images/sec
Face Detection475
3.65 images/sec
383
9.44 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection472
11.6 Mpixels/sec
1001
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting980
48.1 Mpixels/sec
950
12.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1086
14.8 Mpixels/sec
534
428.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing736
591.2 Kpixels/sec
354
3.17 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion455
4.08 Kpixels/sec
583
18.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition665
21.3 Words/sec
251
9.71 images/sec
Machine Learning444
17.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1897Multi-Core Score2240
2091Crypto Score2636
1894Integer Score2101
1872Floating Point Score 2475
2091
3.56 GB/sec
AES-XTS2636
4.49 GB/sec
2820
14.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3104
15.7 MB/sec
2617
123.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2521
119.3 Mpixels/sec
1367
3.86 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2010
5.67 MTE/sec
1779
2.09 MElements/sec
HTML51698
1.99 MElements/sec
2021
633.3 Krows/sec
SQLite2111
661.4 Krows/sec
1956
106.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1862
101.1 Mpixels/sec
1421
452.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering1787
569.3 KB/sec
1986
15.5 Klines/sec
Clang2119
16.5 Klines/sec
1570
18.2 images/sec
Camera2010
23.3 images/sec
1729
2.16 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2382
2.98 Mpairs/sec
1876
11624.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3513
21764.8 FPS
1540
84.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2057
113.1 Mpixels/sec
2215
17.1 images/sec
Face Detection2590
19.9 images/sec
1707
42.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2578
63.5 Mpixels/sec
3467
170.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3735
183.2 Mpixels/sec
3769
51.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR4409
60.1 Mpixels/sec
2251
1.81 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3260
2.62 Mpixels/sec
1426
12.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1665
14.9 Kpixels/sec
1793
57.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1961
62.7 Words/sec
698
27.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1059
40.9 images/sec