AMD FX-6100 vs AMD FX-9370

AMD FX-6100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-6100
AMD FX-9370
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4400 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2013
AMD FX-9370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6100
    100%
  • AMD FX-9370
    146%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6100
    100%
  • AMD FX-9370
    125%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6100
    100%
  • AMD FX-9370
    167%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

125 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-9370

Much higher single threaded performance (around 25% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 67% 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).
Around 46% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-9370

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-9370

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-9370

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-9370

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6100AMD FX-9370
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-9370
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZambezivsVishera
Release DateOct 2011vsJul 2013

Cores

AMD FX-6100AMD FX-9370
Cores6vs8
Threads6vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-6100AMD FX-9370
L1 Cache288 KBvs384 KB
L2 Cache6144 KBvs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6100AMD FX-9370
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6100AMD FX-9370
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs4400 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4700 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvs1.912 V
TDP95 Wvs220 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6100
    2301 points
  • AMD FX-9370
    2867 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6100
    9579 points
  • AMD FX-9370
    17607 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6100
    6666
  • AMD FX-9370
    11652

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6100
    1994
  • AMD FX-9370
    2434

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6100
    7583
  • AMD FX-9370
    12171

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6100
    1759
  • AMD FX-9370
    2265

points - higher is better