AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i7-3632QM

FX-8120 vs Core i7-3632QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8120 beats the Core i7-3632QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3632QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3632QM. The Core i7-3632QM 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 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 FX-8120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.