AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD FX-6100

AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD FX-6100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-6100

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-6100
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-6100
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Bulldozer
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsZambezi
Release DateSep 2016vsOct 2011

Cores

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-6100
Cores4vs6
Threads4vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-6100
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-6100
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-6100
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    2622 points
  • AMD FX-6100
    2301 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    8404 points
  • AMD FX-6100
    9579 points

Points - higher is better