Intel Core i9-8950HK vs AMD FX-8120

Core i9-8950HK vs FX-8120 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-8120 beats the Core i9-8950HK in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the FX-8120. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8120. It also has more threads than the FX-8120. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK 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 info from our database shows that the FX-8120 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8120.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.