Intel Xeon E3-1220 vs AMD FX-8120

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E3-1220 and AMD FX-8120. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon E3-1220
Intel Xeon E3-1220
AMD FX-8120
AMD FX-8120

Performance (Benchmarks)

643Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score478
2119Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2105
3788PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1570PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E3-1220ProcessorAMD FX-8120
3100 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
4Cores8
4Threads8
80 WTDP125 W
Sandy BridgeCodenameZambezi
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket AM3+

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

678Single-Core Score468
1239Multi-Core Score1033
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemLinux Mint 20
innotek GmbH VirtualBoxModelTo Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Oracle Corporation VirtualBoxMotherboardASRock 970 Extreme4

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3NameAMD FX-8120
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2
3.10 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
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
8.00 MB x 2L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

1.95 GBSize15.62 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

678Single-Core Score468
997Crypto Score752
628Integer Score524
732Floating Point Score 298
997
1.70 GB/sec		AES-XTS752
1.28 GB/sec
611
3.09 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
707
33.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression589
27.9 Mpixels/sec
509
1.44 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)578
1.63 MTE/sec
766
899.6 KElements/sec		HTML5454
532.6 KElements/sec
704
220.6 Krows/sec		SQLite562
176.1 Krows/sec
651
35.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering502
27.2 Mpixels/sec
481
153.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering422
134.4 KB/sec
667
5.19 Klines/sec		Clang563
4.39 Klines/sec
615
7.13 images/sec		Camera425
4.92 images/sec
619
774.9 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics378
473.4 Kpairs/sec
740
4582.2 FPS		Rigid Body Physics358
2220.5 FPS
619
34.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur344
18.9 Mpixels/sec
693
5.34 images/sec		Face Detection263
2.03 images/sec
668
16.5 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection244
6.01 Mpixels/sec
1187
58.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting632
31.0 Mpixels/sec
1292
17.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR778
10.6 Mpixels/sec
886
711.5 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing250
201.1 Kpixels/sec
638
5.72 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion210
1.88 Kpixels/sec
662
21.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition290
9.27 Words/sec
426
16.4 images/sec		Machine Learning74
2.86 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1239Multi-Core Score1033
1486Crypto Score2351
1153Integer Score930
1384Floating Point Score 1038
1486
2.53 GB/sec		AES-XTS2351
4.01 GB/sec
1123
5.68 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1343
6.79 MB/sec
1305
61.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec
846
2.38 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)958
2.70 MTE/sec
1387
1.63 MElements/sec		HTML5835
980.0 KElements/sec
1372
429.8 Krows/sec		SQLite945
296.2 Krows/sec
1189
64.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1109
60.2 Mpixels/sec
854
272.1 KB/sec		Text Rendering850
270.8 KB/sec
1287
10.0 Klines/sec		Clang804
6.27 Klines/sec
1172
13.6 images/sec		Camera645
7.48 images/sec
1211
1.52 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics588
735.8 Kpairs/sec
1463
9064.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics665
4121.4 FPS
1250
68.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur816
44.9 Mpixels/sec
1272
9.79 images/sec		Face Detection1077
8.29 images/sec
1302
32.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection667
16.4 Mpixels/sec
2201
108.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1962
96.2 Mpixels/sec
2386
32.5 Mpixels/sec		HDR2083
28.4 Mpixels/sec
1963
1.58 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing2122
1.70 Mpixels/sec
1239
11.1 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion1038
9.30 Kpixels/sec
1031
33.0 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1517
48.5 Words/sec
736
28.4 images/sec		Machine Learning480
18.5 images/sec