Intel Core i3-8100T vs AMD FX-8120

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 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

2160 points

0.19% slightly better overall score

2156 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3996 points

26% slightly better gaming score

3158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1646 points

1833 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1579 points

1760 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.04 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

32.29 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2902 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1601 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

134% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

443 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1521 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1103 points

169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

410 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

Identical

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

257% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

8 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

693rd of 1,089

694th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-8100T vs FX-8120 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8100T beats the FX-8120 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8120 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8120 has more threads. According to our data, the Core i3-8100T and FX-8120 have the same clock speed. A Core i3-8100T 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 i3-8100T. The FX-8120 also has slightly 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. For instance, the Core i3-8100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.