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In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms the cheaper FX-8120 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-8120 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 964 days newer than the cheaper FX-8120.
Advantages of AMD FX-8120
- Up to 19% cheaper than Pentium G3258 - $39.99 vs $49.37
- Up to 17% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Pentium G3258 - $0.2 vs $0.24 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 3% better in Sea of Thieves than FX-8120 - 209 vs 203 FPS
- Consumes up to 58% less energy than AMD FX-8120 - 53 vs 125 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8120 doesn't have integrated graphics
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CHUANGWEI AMD FX-Series FX 8120 FX8120 FX-8120 3.1 GHz 125W Eight-Core CPU Processor FD8120WMW8KGU Socket AM3+
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Intel G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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FX-8120
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8120 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12th, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| FX | Collection | Pentium |
| Zambezi | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 125 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 15.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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