Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD FX-8300

Core i3-6100U vs FX-8300 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8300 performs better than the Core i3-6100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8300 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U.

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 i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.