Intel Core i3-8121U vs AMD FX-9800P

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i3-8121U and AMD FX-9800P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8121U

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1944 vs 1229
• Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4391 vs 2562
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 829 vs 364
• Around 92% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1948 vs 1013

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-9800P

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i3-8121U
CPU 2: AMD FX-9800P

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1944 1229
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4391 2562
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	829 364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1948 1013

Compare specifications (specs)