AMD FX-6100 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B50

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1562 points

1% slightly better overall score

1534 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2587 points

2816 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1252 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

1171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1201 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

1124 points

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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

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.1 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

803rd of 1,089

FX-6100 vs Phenom II X4 B50 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 B50 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 Phenom II X4 B50 has slightly more cores than the FX-6100. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 B50 has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6100. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the Phenom II X4 B50. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-6100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Phenom II X4 B50. The info from our database shows that the FX-6100 has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 B50. The FX-6100 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.