AMD FX-8120 vs Intel Core i7-5850EQ. 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
• Generation
  2 5
• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 Intel Core i 5000

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 2.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• 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 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.00 GHz
• Execution units
  48
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015

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 Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-5850EQ 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 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8120 and Intel Core i7-5850EQ to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 47 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, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Broadwell S
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM3+ BGA 1364
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2015