AMD FX-6100 vs AMD A10-7850K

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 A10-7850K

Price

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$ 48.02

$ 86.97 significantly less expensive

$ 134.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

16% slightly better overall score

1343 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2540 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

1015 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

973 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

65% significantly higher Blender score

16.30 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1597 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

523 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1137 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

449 points

16% 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

3.7 GHz

12% 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

860th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

FX-6100 vs A10-7850K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-6100 beats the A10-7850K in overall performance. Despite this, the A10-7850K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-6100 has significantly more cores than the A10-7850K. Indeed, the FX-6100 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A10-7850K. It also has more threads than the A10-7850K. Our comparison shows that the A10-7850K 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 A10-7850K

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