AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

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 i7-2630QM

Price

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$ 48.02

$ 46.02 significantly less expensive

$ 94.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

1600 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2625 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

1298 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

1242 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

24.19 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1290 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

394 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

1391 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

444 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

788th 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 i7-2630QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-6100 is faster than the Core i7-2630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2630QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2630QM has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-6100 that has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-6100. Our comparison shows that the FX-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM.

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.