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General information FX-8120 Core i5-2500K
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3+ LGA1155
Series Name AMD FX Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Zambezi Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 6.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 95 W 24 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Data
8 × 16 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance FX-8120 Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 41730 0 % 40500 2.9 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 21 % 22.2 %
Benchmark Score 3033 0 % 2690 11.3 %
Single Thread Score 1326.7 21.1 % 1682 0 %
Encrypting Data 1445.9 MB/s 0 % 1038 MB/s 28.2 %
Compressing Data 76.5 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 14 %
String objects sorting 10290.7 thousand/s 0 % 9014.9 thousand/s 12.4 %
Prime numbers generation 24.9 millions/s 3.9 % 25.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17495.7 millions/s 0 % 14398.1 millions/s 17.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8694.6 millions/s 0 % 7466.9 millions/s 14.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for FX-8120, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second FX-8120 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.3 FPS 74.3 FPS
High settings 125.2 FPS 119.0 FPS
Medium settings 156.5 FPS 148.7 FPS
Low settings 195.7 FPS 185.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5 %

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 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.8 FPS 121.4 FPS
High settings 198.1 FPS 194.3 FPS
Medium settings 247.6 FPS 242.9 FPS
Low settings 309.5 FPS 303.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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