AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i7-920

What is the difference between AMD FX-8120 and Intel Core i7-920. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

478Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score477
2105Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1891
PassMark CPU Mark Rating2712
PassMark Single Thread Rating1220
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2342

Processor Specs

AMD FX-8120ProcessorIntel Core i7-920
3100 MHzFrequency2670 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency2930 MHz
8Cores4
8Threads8
125 WTDP130 W
ZambeziCodenameBloomfield
Socket AM3+PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

468Single-Core Score468
1033Multi-Core Score1921
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.ModelDell Inc. Studio XPS 435MT
ASRock 970 Extreme4MotherboardDell Inc. 0R849J
Power PlanSonos

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-8120NameIntel Core i7-920
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4
3.10 GHzBase Frequency2.66 GHz
Maximum Frequency2925 MHz
PackageSocket 1366 LGA
CodenameBloomfield
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 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

15.62 GBSize6.00 GB
Frequency531 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

468Single-Core Score468
752Crypto Score53
524Integer Score482
298Floating Point Score 507
752
1.28 GB/sec
AES-XTS53
92.6 MB/sec
672
3.40 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)632
3.20 MB/sec
589
27.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression569
26.9 Mpixels/sec
578
1.63 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)563
1.59 MTE/sec
454
532.6 KElements/sec
HTML5462
543.0 KElements/sec
562
176.1 Krows/sec
SQLite407
127.5 Krows/sec
502
27.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering462
25.1 Mpixels/sec
422
134.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering413
131.5 KB/sec
563
4.39 Klines/sec
Clang447
3.48 Klines/sec
425
4.92 images/sec
Camera436
5.05 images/sec
378
473.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics441
551.4 Kpairs/sec
358
2220.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics518
3207.7 FPS
344
18.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur437
24.0 Mpixels/sec
263
2.03 images/sec
Face Detection539
4.15 images/sec
244
6.01 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection545
13.4 Mpixels/sec
632
31.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting806
39.5 Mpixels/sec
778
10.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR870
11.9 Mpixels/sec
250
201.1 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing558
448.4 Kpixels/sec
210
1.88 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion361
3.23 Kpixels/sec
290
9.27 Words/sec
Speech Recognition583
18.6 Words/sec
74
2.86 images/sec
Machine Learning235
9.07 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1033Multi-Core Score1921
2351Crypto Score236
930Integer Score1996
1038Floating Point Score 2040
2351
4.01 GB/sec
AES-XTS236
412.5 MB/sec
1343
6.79 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3165
16.0 MB/sec
1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2487
117.6 Mpixels/sec
958
2.70 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1837
5.18 MTE/sec
835
980.0 KElements/sec
HTML51963
2.31 MElements/sec
945
296.2 Krows/sec
SQLite1729
541.8 Krows/sec
1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1963
106.5 Mpixels/sec
850
270.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering1701
542.0 KB/sec
804
6.27 Klines/sec
Clang2193
17.1 Klines/sec
645
7.48 images/sec
Camera1399
16.2 images/sec
588
735.8 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1711
2.14 Mpairs/sec
665
4121.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2433
15072.0 FPS
816
44.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1549
85.2 Mpixels/sec
1077
8.29 images/sec
Face Detection2322
17.9 images/sec
667
16.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2458
60.6 Mpixels/sec
1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3168
155.4 Mpixels/sec
2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR3777
51.5 Mpixels/sec
2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2561
2.06 Mpixels/sec
1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1570
14.1 Kpixels/sec
1517
48.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1860
59.5 Words/sec
480
18.5 images/sec
Machine Learning775
29.9 images/sec