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General information FX-8120 A8-3870K
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM3+ FM1
Series Name AMD FX AMD A8
Core Family Name Zambezi Llano
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 3.2 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 100 W 20 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Data
8 × 16 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1 MB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance FX-8120 A8-3870K
Overall Score 41624 0 % 34928 16.1 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3002 0 % 1488 50.4 %
Single Thread Score 1339 0 % 1197.3 10.6 %
Encrypting Data 1444.9 MB/s 57.1 % 3367.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 77.4 MB/s 0 % 50.4 MB/s 34.8 %
String objects sorting 10277.7 thousand/s 0 % 6396.8 thousand/s 37.8 %
Prime numbers generation 24.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 59.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17419.5 millions/s 0 % 6945.8 millions/s 60.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8638.3 millions/s 0 % 5288.4 millions/s 38.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for FX-8120, A8-3870K.

Average frames per second FX-8120 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.3 FPS 58.5 FPS
High settings 125.3 FPS 93.6 FPS
Medium settings 156.7 FPS 117.0 FPS
Low settings 195.8 FPS 146.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V FX-8120 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.8 FPS 112.0 FPS
High settings 198.1 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 247.6 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 309.5 FPS 280.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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