Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs AMD FX-8120

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

1830 points
2156 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2931 points
3158 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1511 points
1833 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1452 points
1760 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
32.29 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2933 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1601 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

950 points
114% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
443 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3071 points
101% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1521 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1035 points
152% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
410 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
3.1 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
165% significantly lower TDP
125 W

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

754th of 1,089
694th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-4720HQ vs FX-8120 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. A Core i7-4720HQ 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 i7-4720HQ. The FX-8120 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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