AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i7-2635QM

What is the difference between AMD FX-8120 and Intel Core i7-2635QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD FX-8120
AMD FX-8120
Intel Core i7-2635QM
Intel Core i7-2635QM

Performance (Benchmarks)

478Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score470
2105Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1802
PassMark CPU Mark Rating3370
PassMark Single Thread Rating1198

Processor Specs

AMD FX-8120ProcessorIntel Core i7-2635QM
3100 MHzFrequency2000 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency2900 MHz
8Cores4
8Threads8
125 WTDP45 W
GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
ZambeziCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket AM3+PackageFCBGA1224

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

468Single-Core Score478
1033Multi-Core Score2240
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G66)
To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.ModelMacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011)
Model IDMacBookPro8,2
ASRock 970 Extreme4MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-8120NameIntel Core i7-2635QM
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.10 GHzBase Frequency2.00 GHz
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
16.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

15.62 GBSize8.00 GB
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

468Single-Core Score478
752Crypto Score522
524Integer Score427
298Floating Point Score 580
752
1.28 GB/sec		AES-XTS522
910.6 MB/sec
672
3.40 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)530
2.68 MB/sec
589
27.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression441
20.9 Mpixels/sec
578
1.63 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)509
1.44 MTE/sec
454
532.6 KElements/sec		HTML5337
395.1 KElements/sec
562
176.1 Krows/sec		SQLite383
120.1 Krows/sec
502
27.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering423
23.0 Mpixels/sec
422
134.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering411
130.8 KB/sec
563
4.39 Klines/sec		Clang401
3.12 Klines/sec
425
4.92 images/sec		Camera438
5.08 images/sec
378
473.4 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics453
566.4 Kpairs/sec
358
2220.5 FPS		Rigid Body Physics555
3440.3 FPS
344
18.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur421
23.1 Mpixels/sec
263
2.03 images/sec		Face Detection475
3.65 images/sec
244
6.01 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection472
11.6 Mpixels/sec
632
31.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting980
48.1 Mpixels/sec
778
10.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR1086
14.8 Mpixels/sec
250
201.1 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing736
591.2 Kpixels/sec
210
1.88 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion455
4.08 Kpixels/sec
290
9.27 Words/sec		Speech Recognition665
21.3 Words/sec
74
2.86 images/sec		Machine Learning444
17.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1033Multi-Core Score2240
2351Crypto Score2636
930Integer Score2101
1038Floating Point Score 2475
2351
4.01 GB/sec		AES-XTS2636
4.49 GB/sec
1343
6.79 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)3104
15.7 MB/sec
1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression2521
119.3 Mpixels/sec
958
2.70 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2010
5.67 MTE/sec
835
980.0 KElements/sec		HTML51698
1.99 MElements/sec
945
296.2 Krows/sec		SQLite2111
661.4 Krows/sec
1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1862
101.1 Mpixels/sec
850
270.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering1787
569.3 KB/sec
804
6.27 Klines/sec		Clang2119
16.5 Klines/sec
645
7.48 images/sec		Camera2010
23.3 images/sec
588
735.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics2382
2.98 Mpairs/sec
665
4121.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics3513
21764.8 FPS
816
44.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur2057
113.1 Mpixels/sec
1077
8.29 images/sec		Face Detection2590
19.9 images/sec
667
16.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection2578
63.5 Mpixels/sec
1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting3735
183.2 Mpixels/sec
2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR4409
60.1 Mpixels/sec
2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing3260
2.62 Mpixels/sec
1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1665
14.9 Kpixels/sec
1517
48.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1961
62.7 Words/sec
480
18.5 images/sec		Machine Learning1059
40.9 images/sec