In this post I will post the results of my comparison between an FX8120 @ 4.5ghz and i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz. I could not get the i5 to 4.5ghz due to a multi wall @ x45 so 4.4ghz will have to suffice. A note on my methods: I ran each benchmark twice back to back and recorded the best result. I'll start with the synthetic benchmarks. The only thing that changed between setups was mobo and cpu, everything else stayed the same. All overclocking was done with multiplier only.
Cinebench Note: I have no idea why Cinebench reported clock speed as 3.3ghz on the 2500k. I included a screenshot of cpu-z to show the clockspeed was at 4.4ghz.
AMD System Specs:
cpu: FX-8120 @ 4.5ghz
mobo: Asrock 990FX Fatal1ty
ram: 4gb G.Skill 1600 mhz DDR3
psu: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watt
video card: HD6950 2gb
Intel system specs:
cpu: i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz
mobo: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
ram: 4gb G.Skill 1600 mhz DDR3
psu: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watt
video card: HD6950 2gb
FX8120 3DMark 11
2500k 3DMark 11
FX8120 Cinebench cpu multi thread
2500k Cinebench multi thread
FX8120 Cinebench single thread
2500k Cinebench single thread
FX8120 Cinebench OpenGL
2500k Cinebench OpenGL
FX8120 Distribute.net Client
2500k Distribute.net Client
FX8120 Frybench
2500k Frybench
FX8120 Geekbench
2500k Geekbench
FX8120 Heaven
2500k Heaven
FX8120 MaxxMem
2500k MaxxMem
FX8120 PerformanceTest 7 2D graphics
2500k PerformanceTest 7 2D graphics
FX8120 PerformanceTest 7 3D graphics
2500k PerformanceTest 7 3D graphics
FX8120 PerformanceTest 7 cpu
2500k PerformanceTest 7 cpu
FX8120 wPrime I forgot to do the 1024M test sorry about that
2500k wPrime
FX8120 x264 FHD
2500k x264 FHD
Games:
First let me explain how I went about the gaming benches. As with the synthetics, the games were each run twice back to back with the best result selected. None of the games had AA enabled with the exception of Metro. In Metro I had a choice only between AAA and MSAA in DX11, I chose AAA. I chose the highest settings in the options menu for all games but Motion blur was always disabled. Again not sure why some games report the 2500k clock speed as 3.3ghz. The clock was at 4.4ghz for the 2500k the entire time. If a game had more than one Direct X render, I benched them all. You're going to see some really low minimum fps in benches that had physx enabled because I don't have a dedicated physx gpu and I thought it would be a good way to test out cpu performance in those games. Resolution for all games was set to 1080p which is my native resolution.
FX8120 4.5ghz Alien vs Predator 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Alien vs Predator 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
FX8120 4.5ghz Call of Juarez 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Call of Juarez 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Final Fantasy XIV 1080p 0XAA
2500k 4.4ghz Final Fantasy XIV 1080p 0XAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Just Cause 2 Desert Sunrise 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Just Cause 2 Desert Sunrise 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Just Cause 2 The Dark Tower 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Just Cause 2 The Dark Tower 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Lost Planet 2 DX9 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Lost Planet 2 DX9 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Lost Planet 2 DX11 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Lost Planet 2 DX11 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics high
2500k 4.4ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics high
FX8120 4.5ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics medium
2500k 4.4ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics medium
FX8120 4.5ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics off
2500k 4.4ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Resident Evil 5 DX9 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Resident Evil 5 DX9 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Resident Evil 5 DX10 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Resident Evil 5 DX10 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Stalker C.O.P. DX11 1080p high
2500k 4.4ghz Stalker C.O.P. DX11 1080p high
FX8120 4.5ghz Street Fighter IV 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Street Fighter IV 1080p high 0xAA
Thanks for checking out the results. Hope you enjoyed.
Cinebench Note: I have no idea why Cinebench reported clock speed as 3.3ghz on the 2500k. I included a screenshot of cpu-z to show the clockspeed was at 4.4ghz.
AMD System Specs:
cpu: FX-8120 @ 4.5ghz
mobo: Asrock 990FX Fatal1ty
ram: 4gb G.Skill 1600 mhz DDR3
psu: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watt
video card: HD6950 2gb
Intel system specs:
cpu: i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz
mobo: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
ram: 4gb G.Skill 1600 mhz DDR3
psu: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000 watt
video card: HD6950 2gb
FX8120 3DMark 11
2500k 3DMark 11
FX8120 Cinebench cpu multi thread
2500k Cinebench multi thread
FX8120 Cinebench single thread
2500k Cinebench single thread
FX8120 Cinebench OpenGL
2500k Cinebench OpenGL
FX8120 Distribute.net Client
2500k Distribute.net Client
FX8120 Frybench
2500k Frybench
FX8120 Geekbench
2500k Geekbench
FX8120 Heaven
2500k Heaven
FX8120 MaxxMem
2500k MaxxMem
FX8120 PerformanceTest 7 2D graphics
2500k PerformanceTest 7 2D graphics
FX8120 PerformanceTest 7 3D graphics
2500k PerformanceTest 7 3D graphics
FX8120 PerformanceTest 7 cpu
2500k PerformanceTest 7 cpu
FX8120 wPrime I forgot to do the 1024M test sorry about that
2500k wPrime
FX8120 x264 FHD
2500k x264 FHD
Games:
First let me explain how I went about the gaming benches. As with the synthetics, the games were each run twice back to back with the best result selected. None of the games had AA enabled with the exception of Metro. In Metro I had a choice only between AAA and MSAA in DX11, I chose AAA. I chose the highest settings in the options menu for all games but Motion blur was always disabled. Again not sure why some games report the 2500k clock speed as 3.3ghz. The clock was at 4.4ghz for the 2500k the entire time. If a game had more than one Direct X render, I benched them all. You're going to see some really low minimum fps in benches that had physx enabled because I don't have a dedicated physx gpu and I thought it would be a good way to test out cpu performance in those games. Resolution for all games was set to 1080p which is my native resolution.
FX8120 4.5ghz Alien vs Predator 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Alien vs Predator 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX9 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics high
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics normal
FX8120 4.5ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
2500k 4.4ghz Batman AC DX11 1080p very high 0xAA physics off
FX8120 4.5ghz Call of Juarez 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Call of Juarez 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Final Fantasy XIV 1080p 0XAA
2500k 4.4ghz Final Fantasy XIV 1080p 0XAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Just Cause 2 Desert Sunrise 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Just Cause 2 Desert Sunrise 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Just Cause 2 The Dark Tower 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Just Cause 2 The Dark Tower 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Lost Planet 2 DX9 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Lost Planet 2 DX9 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Lost Planet 2 DX11 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Lost Planet 2 DX11 Test B 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics high
2500k 4.4ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics high
FX8120 4.5ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics medium
2500k 4.4ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics medium
FX8120 4.5ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics off
2500k 4.4ghz Mafia 2 1080p high 0xAA physics off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX9 1080p very high AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX10 1080p very high AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx off
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx off
FX8120 4.5ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx on
2500k 4.4ghz Metro 2033 DX11 1080p very high DOF AAA physx on
FX8120 4.5ghz Resident Evil 5 DX9 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Resident Evil 5 DX9 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Resident Evil 5 DX10 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Resident Evil 5 DX10 1080p high 0xAA
FX8120 4.5ghz Stalker C.O.P. DX11 1080p high
2500k 4.4ghz Stalker C.O.P. DX11 1080p high
FX8120 4.5ghz Street Fighter IV 1080p high 0xAA
2500k 4.4ghz Street Fighter IV 1080p high 0xAA
Thanks for checking out the results. Hope you enjoyed.