Key Differences
In short — Xeon E5-1660 outperforms FX-8120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Xeon E5-1660 is 146 days newer than FX-8120.
Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-1660
- Performs up to 3% better in Resident Evil 4 than FX-8120 - 160 vs 155 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8120 - 12 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD FX-8120
- Consumes up to 4% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-1660 - 125 vs 130 Watts
Resident Evil 4
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Xeon E5-1660
Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012
FX-8120
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-1660 | vs | AMD FX-8120 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 6th, 2012 | Release Date | Oct 12th, 2011 |
| Xeon E5 | Collection | FX |
| Sandy Bridge-EP | Codename | Zambezi |
| Intel Socket 2011 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Server | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
12 | Threads | 8 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 15.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
