Intel Core i7-8665U vs AMD FX-8120

Core i7-8665U vs FX-8120 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8665U is faster than the FX-8120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8665U. A Core i7-8665U 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 i7-8665U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.