E2-3000M vs FX-6100

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Primary details

Comparing FX-6100 and E2-3000M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1699not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.99no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD E-Series
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date12 October 2011 (12 years ago)20 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price$39 $31

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

FX-6100 and E2-3000M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads62
Base clock speed3.3 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache288 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size315 mm2228 mm2
Number of transistors1,200 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on FX-6100 and E2-3000M compatibility with other computer components: 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. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM3+FS1
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-6100 and E2-3000M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE4.1/2, 3DNow, DDR3 Memory Controller, Radeon HD 6380G
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-6100 and E2-3000M are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-6100 and E2-3000M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6380G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-6100 and E2-3000M.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

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

Benchmark coverage: 68%

FX-6100 3682
+451%
E2-3000M 668

FX-6100 outperforms E2-3000M by 451% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-6100 384
+66.2%
E2-3000M 231

FX-6100 outperforms E2-3000M by 66% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-6100 1233
+189%
E2-3000M 426

FX-6100 outperforms E2-3000M by 189% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2011 20 December 2011
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between FX-6100 and E2-3000M. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that FX-6100 is a desktop processor while E2-3000M is a notebook one.


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