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In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms the cheaper FX-8120 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 1055 days newer than the cheaper FX-8120.
Advantages of AMD FX-8120
- Up to 74% cheaper than Core i7-5960X - $78.02 vs $298.95
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 125 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 5% better in Deathloop than FX-8120 - 176 vs 168 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8120 - 16 vs 8 threads
Deathloop
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1920 x 1080
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Ultra
AMD FX-Series FX 8120 FX8120 FX-8120 3.1 GHz 95W Eight-Core CPU Processor FD8120WMW8KGU Socket AM3+
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Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition i7-5960X Octa-core (8 Core) 3 GHz Processor
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TOP 5 Games
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FX-8120
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8120 | vs | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2014 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Zambezi | Codename | Haswell E |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
125 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 15.5x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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