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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper FX-8120 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-8700 is 2273 days newer than the cheaper FX-8120.
Advantages of AMD FX-8120
- Up to 61% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $78.02 vs $200.0
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 233% better in League of Legends than FX-8120 - 180 vs 54 FPS
- Up to 23% better value when playing League of Legends than FX-8120 - $1.11 vs $1.44 per 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
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD FX-Series FX 8120 FX8120 FX-8120 3.1 GHz 95W Eight-Core CPU Processor FD8120WMW8KGU Socket AM3+
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Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
FPS
180
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.11/FPS
100%
Price, $
$200
39%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
FX-8120
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8120 | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12th, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Zambezi | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 15.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-8120 or Core i7-8700
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
158 FPS
$5.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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152 FPS
$9.2/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 3100
Core i7-8700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,399
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152 FPS
$8.22/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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157 FPS
$15.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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