Intel Core i3-6100 vs AMD FX-6300

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-6300

Price

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$ 70.65

$ 50.00

$ 20.65 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1570 points

1799 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3092 points

3% slightly better gaming score

2999 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1169 points

1441 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1123 points

1382 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2255 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2098 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.35 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

28.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2267 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1489 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1167 points

147% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2359 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1426 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1201 points

164% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W

86% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

128 KiB

288 KiB

125% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB

6 MiB

1100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

8 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

790th of 1,089

757th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

FX 6-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-6100 vs FX-6300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-6300 beats the Core i3-6100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-6300 has significantly more cores with 3 cores compared to the Core i3-6100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-6300. The info from our database shows that the FX-6300 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-6100. The FX-6300 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.