AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core 5 120U

FX-8350 vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 120U performs better than the FX-8350. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the FX-8350. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8350. It also has more threads than the FX-8350. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8350 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the FX-8350 has more L2 cache than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8350.

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-8350 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.