AMD FX-6120 vs Intel Core i7-920

What is the difference between AMD FX-6120 and Intel Core i7-920. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

518Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score477
1899Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1891
PassMark CPU Mark Rating2712
PassMark Single Thread Rating1220
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2342

Processor Specs

AMD FX-6120ProcessorIntel Core i7-920
3500 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency2930 MHz
3Cores4
6Threads8
95 WTDP130 W
ZambeziCodenameBloomfield
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

517Single-Core Score468
1897Multi-Core Score1921
Geekbench 5.2.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Hewlett-Packard h8-1234ModelDell Inc. Studio XPS 435MT
Gigabyte 2AC8MotherboardDell Inc. 0R849J
High performancePower PlanSonos

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-6120NameIntel Core i7-920
1 Processor, 3 Cores, 6 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4
3.49 GHzBase Frequency2.66 GHz
4.09 GHzMaximum Frequency2925 MHz
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageSocket 1366 LGA
ZambeziCodenameBloomfield
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 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

10.00 GBSize6.00 GB
664 MHzFrequency531 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

517Single-Core Score468
690Crypto Score53
522Integer Score482
476Floating Point Score 507
690
1.18 GB/sec
AES-XTS53
92.6 MB/sec
671
3.40 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)632
3.20 MB/sec
564
26.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression569
26.9 Mpixels/sec
539
1.52 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)563
1.59 MTE/sec
485
569.2 KElements/sec
HTML5462
543.0 KElements/sec
518
162.1 Krows/sec
SQLite407
127.5 Krows/sec
531
28.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering462
25.1 Mpixels/sec
424
135.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering413
131.5 KB/sec
549
4.28 Klines/sec
Clang447
3.48 Klines/sec
453
5.25 images/sec
Camera436
5.05 images/sec
431
539.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics441
551.4 Kpairs/sec
392
2429.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics518
3207.7 FPS
369
20.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur437
24.0 Mpixels/sec
448
3.45 images/sec
Face Detection539
4.15 images/sec
383
9.44 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection545
13.4 Mpixels/sec
1001
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting806
39.5 Mpixels/sec
950
12.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR870
11.9 Mpixels/sec
534
428.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing558
448.4 Kpixels/sec
354
3.17 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion361
3.23 Kpixels/sec
583
18.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition583
18.6 Words/sec
251
9.71 images/sec
Machine Learning235
9.07 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1897Multi-Core Score1921
2091Crypto Score236
1894Integer Score1996
1872Floating Point Score 2040
2091
3.56 GB/sec
AES-XTS236
412.5 MB/sec
2820
14.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3165
16.0 MB/sec
2617
123.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2487
117.6 Mpixels/sec
1367
3.86 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1837
5.18 MTE/sec
1779
2.09 MElements/sec
HTML51963
2.31 MElements/sec
2021
633.3 Krows/sec
SQLite1729
541.8 Krows/sec
1956
106.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1963
106.5 Mpixels/sec
1421
452.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering1701
542.0 KB/sec
1986
15.5 Klines/sec
Clang2193
17.1 Klines/sec
1570
18.2 images/sec
Camera1399
16.2 images/sec
1729
2.16 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1711
2.14 Mpairs/sec
1876
11624.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2433
15072.0 FPS
1540
84.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1549
85.2 Mpixels/sec
2215
17.1 images/sec
Face Detection2322
17.9 images/sec
1707
42.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2458
60.6 Mpixels/sec
3467
170.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3168
155.4 Mpixels/sec
3769
51.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR3777
51.5 Mpixels/sec
2251
1.81 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2561
2.06 Mpixels/sec
1426
12.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1570
14.1 Kpixels/sec
1793
57.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1860
59.5 Words/sec
698
27.0 images/sec
Machine Learning775
29.9 images/sec