Intel Core i3-7300T vs AMD FX-6100

Intel Core i3-7300T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
Intel Core i3-7300T
AMD FX-6100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-6100

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7300T

60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6100.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

None

Intel Core i3-7300T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-7300T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-7300TAMD FX-6100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

Intel Core i3-7300TAMD FX-6100
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Bulldozer
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsZambezi
Release DateFeb 2017vsOct 2011

Cores

Intel Core i3-7300TAMD FX-6100
Cores2vs6
Threads4vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i3-7300TAMD FX-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-7300TAMD FX-6100
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Temp65°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-7300TAMD FX-6100
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP35 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    4200 points
  • AMD FX-6100
    2301 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-7300T
    10080 points
  • AMD FX-6100
    9579 points

Points - higher is better