AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i3-1005G1

FX-8120 vs Core i3-1005G1 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8120 is faster than the Core i3-1005G1. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-8120 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1005G1. Indeed, the FX-8120 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1005G1. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. The Core i3-1005G1 outputs less heat than FX-8120 thanks to a 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 i3-1005G1. The FX-8120 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 FX-8120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.