Reviewers Liked
- Good performance in multithread programs
- Availability
- Price
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Bad performance in single thread
- Power consumption (especially if overclocked)
AMD FX-8120 3.1GHz socket AM3+
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Bit-tech.net
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Sadly, its more of the same bad news for AMD or anyone with a Socket AM3+ motherboard looking for a decent CPU for around the £150 mark. The FX-8120 just isn't a good choice when it comes to the kind of applications we run on our PCs. It's regularly...
By Expert Reviews
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It's a niche product and Intel's processors are generally faster, but this good-value Bulldozer chip is still the king of...
By Tom's Hardware
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Now that Piledriver-based CPUs and APUs are widely available (and the FX-8350 is selling for less than $200), it's a great time to compare value-oriented chips in our favorite titles. We're also breaking out a test that conveys the latency between...
By Tom's Hardware
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Benchmarking 86 CPUs takes a while. After long last, though, we have 51 models from AMD and 35 from Intel tested in our current suite. If you want to know how your processor sizes up to its competition, you'll find plenty of comparison data inside! 86...
By vortez.net
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The AMD Bulldozer architecture certainly has its advantages when the applications can utilise all of the cores and threads when you compare it to their older Phenom II range of processors. However, in certain games, it does appear to perform worse....
By InsideHW
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Not long after the launch of Bulldozer, AMD have filled their ranks with an entire gamma of CPUs based on this microarchitecture, with the prefix FX, which is a marketing trick supposed to remind us of the “good old times” when FX CPUs were the alpha...
By MadShrimps
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The CPU presentation box is very special, much more interesting than the solution chosen by Intel; the included CPU cooler is pretty loud and we recommend acquiring a custom cooling solution right from the start. By using a high-end air CPU cooler,...
By Rbmods.com
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FX-8120, like the Bulldozer platform in whole, is bit of a weird product on the market. While it has mediocre performance in multithreaded programs, it falls far behind similarly priced Intel processors in singlethreaded programs. Intel i5 2500K did...
By X-bit Labs
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Two months ago when we tested the top desktop Bulldozer processor, we concluded that it turned out a big disappointment. The results of our today’s FX series testing, including lower-cost CPU modifications, didn’t change out opinion. Processors on...
By Ocaholic
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AMD's latest processors have been launched. The CPUs with Code name Bulldozer, also know as FX-8150 and FX-8120 are the first octa core CPUs which have been introduced to the consumer and enthusiast market. Today we are testing both eight core based...
By hardCOREware
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Due to issues with customs/logistics (no fault of AMD's), we're a bit late with our Bulldozer review. I suppose that is fitting in this case, but luckily, this gives us the chance to take a bit more time with the review, testing the Bulldozer CPU under...
By channelpronetwork.com
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This really isn't easy for me. Here at Motherboards.Org I have the reputation for being a bit of an AMD fan boy when it comes to their processors. I've always favored NVIDIA because of their design and the fact that they are generally quieter than AMD's...
By Guru of 3D
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AMD FX 8150 - 8120 - 6100 and 4100 performance reviewYesterday AMD released the FX series Zambezi - Bulldozer based processor. Everybody has been focusing on that most high-end AMD FX 8150 processor. However there where three other processors...
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