Intel Core i3-9100T vs AMD FX-8120

Compare Intel 9th 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

1716 points

2156 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3287 points

4% slightly better gaming score

3158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1294 points

1833 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1241 points

1760 points

41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.84 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

32.29 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3158 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1601 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

169% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

443 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3223 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1521 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1233 points

200% 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

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

257% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

771st of 1,089

694th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 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 i3-9100T vs FX-8120 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Core i3-9100T. Despite this, the Core i3-9100T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8120 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i3-9100T and FX-8120 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9100T 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.

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 i3-9100T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.