AMD FX-8120 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

FX-8120 vs Phenom II X6 1055T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1055T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the FX-8120. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8120. Despite this, the FX-8120 has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8120 has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X6 1055T. The FX-8120 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-8120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.