AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i7-4960X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD FX Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
• Generation
  2 4
• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 Intel Core i 4000X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.10 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 4.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4960X and AMD FX-8120. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  40

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8120 and Intel Core i7-4960X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8120 and AMD FX-8120, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 15.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Ivy Bridge E
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  AM3+ LGA 2011
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q3/2013