AMD FX-6100 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

Compare AMD 3 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Athlon II X4 640

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$ 48.02

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$ 48.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

6% slightly better overall score

1463 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2727 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

1106 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

1058 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

71% significantly higher Blender score

15.73 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

943 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

308 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

948 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

313 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

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Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

819th of 1,089

FX-6100 vs Athlon II X4 640 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Athlon II X4 640. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 640 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Athlon II X4 640 has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-6100 has 3 cores. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the Athlon II X4 640. Our comparison shows that the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 640. The info from our database shows that the FX-6100 has more L2 cache than the Athlon II X4 640

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