AMD FX-6100 vs AMD A10-6800K

Compare AMD 3 core CPU vs AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A10-6800K

Price

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$ 48.02

$ 419.02 significantly less expensive

$ 467.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

0.19% slightly better overall score

1559 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2915 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1183 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1134 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

103% significantly higher Blender score

13.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1136 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

479 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1139 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

477 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.3 GHz

4.1 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

797th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

FX-6100 vs A10-6800K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-6100 is faster than the A10-6800K. Despite this, the A10-6800K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-6100 has significantly more cores with 3 cores whereas the A10-6800K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-6800K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A10-6800K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-6100. In terms of cache, the FX-6100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A10-6800K

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