AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i5-2500

FX-8120 vs Core i5-2500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8120 beats the Core i5-2500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-2500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-8120 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8120. The Core i5-2500 outputs less heat than FX-8120 thanks to a slightly 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 FX-8120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.