AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i3-3220T

AMD FX-6100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i3-3220T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6100
    114%
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6100
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    120%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6100
    145%
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 45% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220T

Much higher single threaded performance (around 20% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
60 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6100.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-6100

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6100

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i3-3220T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
TXT

Architecture

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i3-3220T
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZambezivsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2011vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i3-3220T
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i3-3220T
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i3-3220T
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs94mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i3-3220T
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6100
    2301 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    2884 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6100
    9579 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    6921 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6100
    6666
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    4590

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6100
    1759
  • Intel Core i3-3220T
    2125

points - higher is better