Intel Core i5-10310U vs AMD FX-8120

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 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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AMD FX-8120

Price

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$ 1460.00

$ 78.02

$ 1381.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2131 points

2156 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3649 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1700 points

1833 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1625 points

1760 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.38 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

32.29 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz

3.1 GHz

82% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

733% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

698th of 1,089

694th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10310U vs FX-8120 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8120 is faster than the Core i5-10310U. Despite this, the Core i5-10310U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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-8120 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10310U. A Core i5-10310U 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. Indeed, the Core i5-10310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.