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AMD FX-6100: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started AMD FX-6100 sales 12 October 2011. This is Zambezi architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 6 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3900 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 Dual-channel memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 4.16 percent of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 7763.

General info

Of FX-6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in our rating

1062

Value for money (0-100)

8.63

Market segment

Desktop processor

Architecture codename

Zambezi

Launch date

12 October 2011 (9 years ago)

Price now

$76

of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technical specs

Basic processor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores

Threads

Base clock speed

3.3 GHz

of 4.7 (FX-9590)

Boost clock speed

3.9 GHz

of 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF)

L1 cache

288 KB

of 896 (Atom C3950)

L2 cache

6 MB

of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)

L3 cache

8 MB (shared)

of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998)

Chip lithography

32 nm

of 5 (Apple M1)

Die size

315 mm²

Transistor count

1,200 million

of 16000 (Apple M1)

64 bit support

Unlocked multiplier

Compatibility

Information on FX-6100 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Number of CPUs in a configuration

of 8 (Opteron 842)

Socket

AM3+

Thermal design power (TDP)

95 Watt

of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by FX-6100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI

FMA

AVX

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by FX-6100's memory controller.

Supported memory types

DDR3 Dual-channel

of 4266 (Ryzen 9 4900H)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of FX-6100. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

4.16

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario.

3645

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

4270

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good FX-6100 is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Overall FX-6100 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

100 %

FX-6100

Intel equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to FX-6100 from Intel is Pentium Silver J5040, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.