Type |
CPU / Microprocessor |
Market segment |
Desktop |
Family |
AMD FX-Series |
Model number |
FX-8120 |
CPU part numbers |
- FD8120WMW8KGU is an OEM/tray microprocessor
- FD8120WMGUSBX is a boxed microprocessor with fan and heatsink
|
Frequency |
3100 MHz |
Turbo frequency |
3400 MHz (more than 4 cores) 4000 MHz (4 cores or less) |
Boosted P states [1] |
#1: 4000 MHz, 1.4125V #2: 3400 MHz, 1.3125V |
Bus speed |
One 2600 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link |
Package |
940-pin organic micro Pin Grid Array (UOC940) Pb-free |
Socket |
Socket AM3+ |
Size |
1.57" x 1.57" / 4cm x 4cm |
Weight |
1.3oz / 38.2g (CPU) |
Introduction date |
1st half 2012 |
Architecture / Microarchitecture |
Microarchitecture |
Bulldozer |
Platform |
Scorpius |
Processor core |
Zambezi |
Core stepping |
OR-B2 |
CPUID |
600F12 |
Manufacturing process |
0.032 micron Hi-K Metal Gate process with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology |
Die size |
316mm2 |
Data width |
64 bit |
The number of cores |
8 |
The number of threads |
8 |
Floating Point Unit |
Integrated (shared between each pair of cores) |
Level 1 cache size |
4 x 64 KB 2-way set associative shared instruction caches 8 x 16 KB 4-way set associative data caches |
Level 2 cache size |
4 x 2 MB 16-way set associative shared exclusive caches |
Level 3 cache size |
8 MB 64-way set associative shared cache |
Cache latency |
3 (L1 cache) |
Multiprocessing |
Uniprocessor |
Features |
- MMX instructions
- Extensions to MMX
- SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
- SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
- SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
- SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
- SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4
- SSE4a
- AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions
- AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions
- FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions
- XOP / eXtended Operations instructions
- AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology
- AMD-V / AMD Virtualization technology
- EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection
- Turbo Core 2.0 technology
|
Low power features |
- Core C1, C1E, C6 and CC6 states
- Package S3, S4 and S5 states
- PowerNow!
|
Low power P states [1] |
#1: 2800 MHz, 1.1375V #2: 2300 MHz, 1.0625V #3: 1900 MHz, 0.975V #4: 1400 MHz, 0.8875V |
Integrated peripherals / components |
Integrated graphics |
None |
Memory controller |
The number of controllers: 1 Memory channels: 2 Channel width (bits): 72 Supported memory: DDR3-1866 DIMMs per channel: 2 Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s): 29.9 |
Other peripherals |
HyperTransport 3.1 technology |
Electrical / Thermal parameters |
V core |
0.925V - 1.4125V |
Maximum operating temperature |
70°C |
Thermal Design Power |
95 Watt |
Notes on AMD FX-8120 (95W) |
- The processor has unlocked clock multiplier
- NorthBridge controller frequency is 2.2 GHz
[1] - These characteristics were measured on a single CPU, and they can vary slightly for other processors with the same model number |