AMD FX-6100 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare AMD 3 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

1565 points

0.19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2930 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1186 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1136 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

1542 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

621 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Athlon X4

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

FX-6100 vs Athlon X4 950 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Athlon X4 950. Despite this, the Athlon X4 950 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon X4 950 has slightly more cores than the FX-6100. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6100. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the Athlon X4 950. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher clock speed than the FX-6100. In terms of cache, the FX-6100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon X4 950

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.