AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

0.84% slightly better overall score

1549 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

0.70% slightly better gaming score

2569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

0.40% slightly better multitasking score

1247 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

0.33% slightly better heavy workload score

1197 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

32.42 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1538 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

463 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

1692 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

501 points

29% 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

57% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

801st of 1,089

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-6100 vs Core i7-3612QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3612QM performs better than the FX-6100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3612QM has slightly more cores than the FX-6100. Indeed, the Core i7-3612QM has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6100. It also has more threads than the FX-6100. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3612QM.

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.