Intel Core i7-10810U vs AMD FX-8120

Core i7-10810U vs FX-8120 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8120 beats the Core i7-10810U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-10810U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10810U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the FX-8120 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8120. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10810U. Despite this, the Core i7-10810U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10810U 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 i7-10810U. Despite this, the Core i7-10810U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8120.

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 i7-10810U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.