AMD FX-6100 vs Intel N97

Compare AMD 3 core CPU vs Intel 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

1707 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

3251 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

1290 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

1238 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

33.82 points

25% slightly higher Blender 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

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

6 MiB

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Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

773rd of 1,089

FX-6100 vs N97 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the N97 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 N97 has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-6100 has 3 cores. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the N97. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-6100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N97. In terms of cache, the FX-6100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the N97. The FX-6100 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.