AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i7-975

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2156 points

14% slightly better overall score

1889 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3158 points

4% slightly better gaming score

3014 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1833 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

1556 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1760 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

1494 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1601 points

2411 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

443 points

596 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1521 points

1859 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

410 points

538 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.33 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

4% slightly lower TDP

130 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

694th of 1,089

742nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-8120 vs Core i7-975 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Core i7-975. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-975 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8120. A FX-8120 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 CPU because of its 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.