AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i3-4170

FX-6100 vs Core i3-4170 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-6100 beats the Core i3-4170 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-4170 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-6100 has significantly more cores with 3 cores compared to the Core i3-4170 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4170. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-6100.

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.