Intel Core i3-10110U vs AMD FX-8120

Core i3-10110U vs FX-8120 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Core i3-10110U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10110U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-8120 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10110U. Indeed, the FX-8120 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-10110U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10110U. Our comparison shows that the FX-8120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10110U. A Core i3-10110U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8120 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8120 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-10110U. The FX-8120 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10110U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.