Core i3-6100 vs Athlon II X4 640 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6100 performs better than the Athlon II X4 640. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 640 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X4 640 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6100. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6100. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 640. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-6100
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 i3-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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