Intel Core i3-2120 vs AMD FX-770K

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1307 points

1% slightly better overall score

1287 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2496 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2439 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

989 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

971 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

949 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

931 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.23 points

18.04 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

869th of 1,089

874th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i3-2120 vs FX-770K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2120 beats the FX-770K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-770K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-770K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-2120. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.