AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i5-4440S

FX-8120 vs Core i5-4440S benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Core i5-4440S. Despite this, the Core i5-4440S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8120 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4440S. The Core i5-4440S 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.

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.