AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i7-6700

AMD FX-6100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-6700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i7-6700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameZambezivsSkylake
Release DateOct 2011vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i7-6700
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i7-6700
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i7-6700
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size315mm²vsunknown
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6100Intel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6100
    2301 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6100
    9579 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better