AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Core i7-950

FX-6100 vs Core i7-950 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-950 has slightly more cores than the FX-6100. Indeed, the Core i7-950 has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6100. It also has more threads than the FX-6100. Our comparison shows that the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-950.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-6100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.