Intel Core i3-2100 vs AMD FX-770K

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1270 points

1287 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2433 points

2439 points

0.25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

956 points

971 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

918 points

931 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.20 points

18.04 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

878th of 1,089

874th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i3-2100 vs FX-770K comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-770K beats the Core i3-2100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-2100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2100. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.