AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i3-4160

Compare AMD 3 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-4160

Price

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$ 48.02

$ 49.98 significantly less expensive

$ 98.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

8% slightly better overall score

1444 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2813 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1081 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1038 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

23.82 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1850 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

962 points

156% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

2084 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

1076 points

178% significantly 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

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

823rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

FX-6100 vs Core i3-4160 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Core i3-4160. Despite this, the Core i3-4160 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 Core i3-4160 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4160. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-4160 has a slightly higher clock speed than the FX-6100.

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.