Intel Core i3-7100U vs AMD FX-6100

Core i3-7100U vs FX-6100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Core i3-7100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7100U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-6100 has significantly more cores with 3 cores whereas the Core i3-7100U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7100U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7100U.

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 i3-7100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.