Intel Core i7-6560U vs AMD FX-8120

Core i7-6560U vs FX-8120 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8120 is faster than the Core i7-6560U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-8120 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6560U. Indeed, the FX-8120 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6560U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6560U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. A Core i7-6560U 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 i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.