AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-2100

AMD FX-6300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6300
Intel Core i3-2100
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    123%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    155%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 55% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2100

8% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6300.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-6300

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6300

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-2100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-2100
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsSandy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsFeb 2011

Cores

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-2100
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-2100
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-2100
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size315mm²vs131mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i3-2100
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    2501 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    3100 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    10504 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    7440 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    7392
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    4739

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    2269
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    2380

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    8207
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    5078

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    1974
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    2215

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6300
    417
  • Intel Core i3-2100 (simulated)
    279.91

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6300 (simulated)
    97.26
  • Intel Core i3-2100 (simulated)
    105.24

points - higher is better