AMD FX-6100 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Compare AMD 3 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Phenom II X4 945

Price

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$ 48.02

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$ 48.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

8% slightly better overall score

1445 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2654 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

1105 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

1061 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

19.89 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1175 points

1342 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

375 points

398 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1240 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1037 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

387 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

342 points

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

10% slightly higher clock speed

3 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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Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

795th of 1,089

822nd of 1,089

FX-6100 vs Phenom II X4 945 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Phenom II X4 945. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 945 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 945 has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-6100 that has 3 cores. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the Phenom II X4 945. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Phenom II X4 945. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-6100 has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945. 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.