AMD FX-8120 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

FX-8120 vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the FX-8120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8120 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more cores than the FX-8120. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8120. It also has more threads than the FX-8120. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8120. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.