Intel Core i3-6100T vs AMD FX-8300

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8300

Price

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$ 149.95

$ 98.02

$ 51.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1166 points

2211 points

89% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2253 points

3316 points

47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

881 points

1866 points

111% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

849 points

1792 points

111% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.39 points

35.10 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1799 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

470 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2088 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1719 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points

129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

907th of 1,089

681st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

FX 8-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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-6100T vs FX-8300 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8300 beats the Core i3-6100T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-8300 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-6100T that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100T. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6100T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-6100T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.