Intel Core i5-3450S vs AMD FX-8120

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3450S and AMD FX-8120. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

697Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score478
2165Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2105
4266PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1855PassMark Single Thread Rating
27583DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-3450SProcessorAMD FX-8120
2800 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
4Cores8
4Threads8
65 WTDP125 W
Intel HD Graphics 2500GPU
Ivy BridgeCodenameZambezi
FCLGA1155PackageSocket AM3+

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

696Single-Core Score468
2494Multi-Core Score1033
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20
MSI MS-7758ModelTo Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)MotherboardASRock 970 Extreme4

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-3450SNameAMD FX-8120
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2
2.80 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
3.50 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1155 LGAPackage
Ivy BridgeCodename
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 8
256 KB x 2L2 Cache2.00 MB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize15.62 GB
933 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

696Single-Core Score468
753Crypto Score752
673Integer Score524
736Floating Point Score 298
753
1.28 GB/sec
AES-XTS752
1.28 GB/sec
794
4.02 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
800
37.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression589
27.9 Mpixels/sec
716
2.02 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)578
1.63 MTE/sec
582
683.4 KElements/sec
HTML5454
532.6 KElements/sec
602
188.6 Krows/sec
SQLite562
176.1 Krows/sec
664
36.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering502
27.2 Mpixels/sec
656
208.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering422
134.4 KB/sec
622
4.85 Klines/sec
Clang563
4.39 Klines/sec
654
7.58 images/sec
Camera425
4.92 images/sec
646
808.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics378
473.4 Kpairs/sec
703
4357.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics358
2220.5 FPS
617
33.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur344
18.9 Mpixels/sec
665
5.12 images/sec
Face Detection263
2.03 images/sec
710
17.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection244
6.01 Mpixels/sec
1188
58.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting632
31.0 Mpixels/sec
1260
17.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR778
10.6 Mpixels/sec
834
669.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing250
201.1 Kpixels/sec
508
4.55 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion210
1.88 Kpixels/sec
773
24.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition290
9.27 Words/sec
529
20.5 images/sec
Machine Learning74
2.86 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2494Multi-Core Score1033
2924Crypto Score2351
2385Integer Score930
2660Floating Point Score 1038
2924
4.98 GB/sec
AES-XTS2351
4.01 GB/sec
2647
13.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1343
6.79 MB/sec
2871
135.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec
2035
5.74 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)958
2.70 MTE/sec
2173
2.55 MElements/sec
HTML5835
980.0 KElements/sec
2306
722.6 Krows/sec
SQLite945
296.2 Krows/sec
2451
133.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec
2299
732.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering850
270.8 KB/sec
2378
18.5 Klines/sec
Clang804
6.27 Klines/sec
2409
27.9 images/sec
Camera645
7.48 images/sec
2559
3.20 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics588
735.8 Kpairs/sec
2724
16874.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics665
4121.4 FPS
2650
145.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur816
44.9 Mpixels/sec
2571
19.8 images/sec
Face Detection1077
8.29 images/sec
2740
67.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection667
16.4 Mpixels/sec
4053
198.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec
4737
64.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec
3265
2.62 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec
1852
16.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec
2005
64.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1517
48.5 Words/sec
1558
60.2 images/sec
Machine Learning480
18.5 images/sec