AMD Athlon X4 530 vs AMD FX-8120

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 530 and AMD FX-8120 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 530

• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
• 5x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8120

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
• 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1330 vs 690
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4631 vs 1786

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 530
CPU 2: AMD FX-8120

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	690 1330
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1786 4631

Compare specifications (specs)