AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

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 i7-3630QM

Price

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$ 48.02

$ 180.98 significantly less expensive

$ 229.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

1913 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2976 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

1587 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

1523 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

36.41 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1885 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

561 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

1900 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

561 points

44% significantly 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

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

734th of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

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 i7-3630QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3630QM beats the FX-6100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3630QM has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-6100 has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-6100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3630QM.

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.