AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i5-2400S

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

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Intel Core i5-2400S

Price

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$ 48.02

$ 21.98 significantly less expensive

$ 70.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

0.32% slightly better overall score

1557 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2888 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1185 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1138 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

25.19 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1415 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

515 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

1360 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

504 points

30% slightly 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

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

799th of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-6100 vs Core i5-2400S specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Core i5-2400S. Despite this, the Core i5-2400S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-2400S has slightly more cores than the FX-6100. Indeed, the Core i5-2400S has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6100. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the Core i5-2400S. Our comparison shows that the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2400S.

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.