Phenom II X4 P960 vs FX-8120

Primary details

Comparing FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1303	2368
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.74	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	4x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Zambezi (2011−2012)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	12 October 2011 (12 years ago)	19 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Current price	$68	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus support	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	8192 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	8192 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	315 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.0125 V - Max: 1.4125 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM3+	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
VirusProtect	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8120 and Phenom II X4 P960.

PCIe version

n/a

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-8120 outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 322% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.26	1.01
Recency	12 October 2011	19 October 2010
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

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