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About This Product
The AMD FX-8120 is an 8-core desktop CPU from the Zambezi microarchitecture, released in 2011. It offers 8 threads and a base clock of 3.1 GHz, boosting to 4 GHz. While it has multiple cores, its single-core performance is weak compared to contemporary Intel CPUs, limiting its effectiveness in many modern applications and games. It is an end-of-life product with integrated graphics.
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