AMD FX 6120

older Released January, 2012

3.6 GHz
Hexa core
Unlocked

4.5 Out of 10 CPUBoss Score

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
FX 6120 5.4 FX 6300 5.7 Core i7 3770K 7.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
FX 6120 5.1 FX 6300 5.5 Core i7 3770K 7.8
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
FX 6120 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 Core i7 3770K 3.9
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
FX 6120 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 Core i7 3770K 4.7
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
FX 6120 5.2 FX 6300 5.3 Core i7 3770K 9.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
FX 6120 n.d. FX 6300 6.6 Core i7 3770K 6.2
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

4.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
FX 6120 4.5 FX 6300 5.2 Core i7 3770K 8.2

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6120
7,129

13,098

7,871

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6120
1,887

3,304

2,053

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6120
2,180,000 MB/s

2,620,000 MB/s

2,290,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6120
6,926

13,703

7,447

GeekBench

FX 6120
7,165

17,972

9,503

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

FX 6120
5,748

9,544

6,444

PassMark (Single Core)

FX 6120
1,285

2,084

1,446

summary

Clock speed	3.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.9 GHz
Cores	Hexa core
Socket type	AM3+
Is unlocked	Yes

features

Has a NX bit	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes
Instruction set extensions	ABM AES AMD-V AMD64 AVX CLMUL CVT16 F16C FMA4 MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 SSE4a Supplemental SSE3 XOP
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes

power consumption

TDP	95W
Annual home energy cost	22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	83.22 $/year
Performance per watt	9.29 pt/W
Typical power consumption	77.19W

memory controller

Memory controller	Built-in
Memory type	DDR3-1866
Channels	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes
Maximum bandwidth	29,866.66 MB/s

details

Architecture	x86-64
Threads	6 threads
L2 cache	6 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core
L3 cache	8 MB
L3 cache per core	1.33 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm
Transistor count	1,200,000,000
Max CPUs	1
Die size	319 mm²
Clock multiplier	21
Voltage range	0.78 - 1.43V

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed	4.92 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	5.3 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.92 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU	None
Label	None
Latest DirectX	None
Number of displays supported	None
GPU clock speed	None
Turbo clock speed	None
3DMark06	None

bus

Architecture	HyperTransport 3.1
Clock speed	2,600 MHz

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