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    AMD FX-6100 vs AMD FX-8300

    AMD FX-6100
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
    AMD FX-6100
    AMD FX-8300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-6100
      100%
    • AMD FX-8300
      124%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-6100
      100%
    • AMD FX-8300
      111%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-6100
      100%
    • AMD FX-8300
      138%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

    None

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8300

    11% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 24% higher average synthetic performance.
    AMD FX-8300

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8300

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD FX-8300

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8300

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-6100AMD FX-8300
    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-6100AMD FX-8300
    ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameZambezivsVishera
    Release DateOct 2011vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD FX-6100AMD FX-8300
    Cores6vs8
    Threads6vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD FX-6100AMD FX-8300
    L1 Cache288 KBvs384 KB
    L2 Cache6144 KBvs8192 KB
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-6100AMD FX-8300
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-6100AMD FX-8300
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3300 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3900 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltage1.425 Vvs1.425 V
    TDP95 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-6100
      2301 points
    • AMD FX-8300
      2379 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-6100
      9579 points
    • AMD FX-8300
      13205 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-6100
      6666
    • AMD FX-8300
      9153

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-6100
      1994
    • AMD FX-8300
      2186

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-6100
      7583
    • AMD FX-8300
      10599

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-6100
      1759
    • AMD FX-8300
      1979

    points - higher is better

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