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FX-8120 vs Ryzen 5 5600X

FX-8120 vs Ryzen 5 5600X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms FX-8120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 3312 days newer than FX-8120.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600X

  • Performs up to 5200% better in Cities: Skylines II than FX-8120 - 53 vs 1 FPS
  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD FX-8120 - 65 vs 125 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8120 - 12 vs 8 threads
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This is a free version of Cities: Skylines II.
Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD FX-8120 Logo
FX-8120

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011


FPS

1

2%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

53

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.57/FPS

100%

Price, €

€136.11

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD FX-8120 Logo
FX-8120

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD FX-8120 Logo
FX-8120

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011


Single-Core

426

20%

Multi-Core

1568

18%

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2092

100%

Multi-Core

8659

100%

AMD FX-8120 Logo

FX-8120

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo

Ryzen 5 5600X

Oct 12th, 2011Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
FXCollectionRyzen 5
ZambeziCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM3+SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8
Cores6
8Threads
12
3.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
3.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz
125 WTDP
65 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
15.5xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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