Pentium Gold G4620 vs FX-8120

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Primary details

Comparing FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1382not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency3.14no data
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date12 October 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$93

Detailed specifications

FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache8192 KB512 KB
L3 cache8192 KB3 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature61 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.0125 V - Max: 1.4125 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3+LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2011 3 January 2017
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 51 Watt

FX-8120 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium Gold G4620, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 145.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FX-8120 and Pentium Gold G4620. We've got no test results to judge.


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