Pentium G632 vs FX-8120

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1566not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.27no data
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date12 October 2011 (13 years ago)4 September 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-8120 and Pentium G632 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache8192 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8192 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size315 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C69 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.0125 V - Max: 1.4125 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8120 and Pentium G632 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM3+FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8120 and Pentium G632. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

FX-8120 and Pentium G632 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8120 and Pentium G632 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8120 and Pentium G632. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-8120 and Pentium G632 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8120 and Pentium G632.

PCIe versionn/a2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2011 4 September 2011
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 65 Watt

FX-8120 has an age advantage of 1 month, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium G632, on the other hand, has 92.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between AMD FX-8120 and Intel Pentium G632. We've got no test results to judge.

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