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General information FX-8120 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3+ PLGA775
Series Name AMD FX Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Zambezi Conroe
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 32.3 %
Cores 8 0 % 2 75 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Data
8 × 16 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance FX-8120 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 41622 0 % 26476 36.4 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 3001 0 % 491 83.6 %
Single Thread Score 1322.6 0 % 788.9 40.4 %
Encrypting Data 1463.8 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 24.4 %
Compressing Data 76.4 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 78.7 %
String objects sorting 10228.5 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 78.2 %
Prime numbers generation 24.8 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 79.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17462.2 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 82.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8627.7 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 81.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for FX-8120, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second FX-8120 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.3 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 125.3 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 156.6 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 195.8 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 54.6 %

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 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.7 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 198.0 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 247.4 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 309.3 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.6 %
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