FX-6100 [in 4 benchmarks]
AMD
FX-6100
Buy
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started AMD FX-6100 sales 12 October 2011. This is a 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 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
2.97%
of a leader’s which is AMD EPYC 9654.
EPYC
9654
Compare
General info
FX-6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in performance rating | 1438 | |
Value for money | 2.99 | |
Market segment | Desktop processor | |
Architecture codename | Zambezi (2011−2012) | |
Release date | 12 October 2011 (11 years old) | |
Current price | $68 | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
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- 50
- 100
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | |
Threads | 6 | |
Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
L1 cache | 288 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
L2 cache | 6 MB | of 36 (Apple M2 Max) |
L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
Die size | 315 mm2 | |
Number of transistors | 1,200 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
64 bit support | + | |
Windows 11 compatibility | — | |
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.
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 configuration | 1 | 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. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
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.
FX-6100
2.97
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
- 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
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: 67%
FX-6100
3685
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: 37%
FX-6100
468
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: 37%
FX-6100
1742
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Benchmark coverage: 4%
FX-6100
4270
Relative perfomance
Overall FX-6100 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
101.68
Intel Pentium Gold G5600
101.35
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
100.34
AMD FX-6100
100
AMD Athlon X4 880K
99.33
AMD PRO A10-9700
99.33
Intel Core i5-2320
99.33
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to FX-6100 by Intel is Pentium Gold G6505T, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.
Pentium Gold
G6505T
Compare
Here are some closest Intel rivals to FX-6100:
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
101.68
Intel Pentium Gold G5600
101.35
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
100.34
AMD FX-6100
100
Intel Core i5-2320
99.33
Intel Core i5-2310
98.65
Intel Pentium Gold G5420
98.65
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Core i5
2320
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Core i5
2310
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Core i5
4460T
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Athlon II
X4 651
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Core i3
4360
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Core i5
2380P
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for FX-6100, according to our PC configuration statistics.
GeForce GTX
1050 Ti
7.1%
GeForce GTX
750 Ti
5.4%
GeForce GTX
650
4%
GeForce GTX
550 Ti
3.9%
Radeon RX
550
3.6%
GeForce GTX
1050
3.2%
GeForce GTX
660
3.1%
GeForce GT
1030
2. 7%
Radeon RX
570
2.7%
GeForce GTX
1060 3 GB
2.6%
These are the fastest graphics cards for FX-6100 in our user configuration statistics.
There is a total of 7207 configurations based on FX-6100 in our database.
GeForce RTX
4090
0.1% (10/7207)
Radeon RX
7900 XTX
0.01% (1/7207)
GeForce RTX
3090 Ti
0.2% (11/7207)
Radeon RX
6950 XT
0. 01% (1/7207)
GeForce RTX
3080 Ti
0.1% (7/7207)
GeForce RTX
3090
0.1% (8/7207)
Radeon RX
6900 XT
0.06% (4/7207)
GeForce RTX
3080
0.01% (1/7207)
GeForce RTX
3070
0.03% (2/7207)
Radeon RX
6800
0.06% (4/7207)
User rating
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CPU-Z Benchmark for AMD FX -6100 (1T)
Best CPU performance — 64-bit — February 2023
AMD FX -6100 (1T)
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Intel Core i9-13900K
Intel Core i7-13700K
Intel Core i9-12900KS
Intel Core i9-12900KF
Intel Core i9-12900K
Intel Core i7-12700KF
Intel Core i7-12700K
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Core i5-12600K
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel Core i9-10900K
Intel Core i7-11800H
Intel Core i9-10850K
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Intel Core i5-11400
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Core i9-9900KF
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Intel Core i7-9700KF
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Intel Core i7-10700K
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Intel Core i5-10600K
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Intel Core i5-11300H
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Intel Core i7-1165G7
Intel Core i7-9700
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Intel Core i5-9600K
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Intel Core i7-8700K
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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Intel Core i5-1135G7
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel Core i7-7700K
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Intel Core i7-8700
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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Intel Core i3-9100F
Intel Core i3-10105F
Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel Core i5-8500
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Intel Core i3-10100
Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Core i3-10100F
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Intel Core i5-8400
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Intel Core i5-4690K
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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Intel Core i5-7500
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Intel Core i7-8565U
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
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Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Core i5-10210U
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Intel Core i7-4770
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Intel Core i5-8265U
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Intel Core i5-4590
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AMD Ryzen 5 3550H with
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Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Core i5-7400
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
Intel Core i7-8550U
Intel Core i5-4570
Intel Core i3-7100
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3
Intel Core i5-3570
Intel Core i3-10110U
Intel Core i5-2500K
Intel Core i7-3770
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with
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Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel Core i5-7300HQ
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i5-4460
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with
Intel Core i5-4440
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2
Intel Core i3-4170
Intel Core i5-2500
Intel Pentium G4560
AMD Athlon 3000G
Intel Core i7-2600
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Intel Xeon E5-2689
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Intel Core i7-7500U
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
Intel Core i5-2400
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Core i5-3330
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
Intel Core i5-7200U
Intel Core i3-3240
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Core i5-6300U
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Core i5-3230M
Intel Core i3-2100
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Intel Core i5-6200U
Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel Core i5-5200U
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core i5 650
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500
Intel Core i5-3210M
AMD FX -8350
Intel Core i5-2450M
AMD FX -8320
Intel Core i5-2410M
AMD FX -6300
Intel Core i5-4210U
AMD FX -8300
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core i3-7020U
Intel Core i5-4200U
Intel Core i3-5005U
Intel Core i3-6006U
(YOU) AMD FX -6100
Intel Core i3-4005U
Processor FX-6100 [in 4 benchmarks]
AMD
FX-6100
- Interface
- Core frequency
- Video memory size
- Memory type
- Memory frequency
- Maximum resolution
Description
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 manufactured in 32 nm process technology, the maximum frequency is 3900 MHz, multiplier unlocked.
This is a socket processor in terms of compatibility.
AMD Socket AM3+
with TDP 95W. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
2.97%
from the leader which is AMD EPYC 9654.
EPYC
9654
Compare
- 0
- 50
- 100
Features
FX-6100 quantitative parameters: number of cores and threads, clock speeds, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock status. They indirectly speak about the performance of the processor, but for an accurate assessment, you need to consider the results of the tests.
RAM support
Types, maximum size and number of channels of RAM supported by the FX-6100. Higher memory frequency may be supported depending on the motherboard.
RAM | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
periphery
FX-6100 supported peripherals and how to connect them.
Aviation PCI Express | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
Tests in the Benchmarks
These are the results of the FX-6100 performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest processor at the moment.
Overall benchmark performance
This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
FX-6100
2.97
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
- 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widely used benchmark that consists of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point calculations, extended instruction tests, compression, encryption, and game physics calculations. Also includes a separate single-threaded test.
Benchmark coverage: 67%
FX-6100
3685
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real world tasks that can accurately measure performance. This version uses only one processor core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
FX-6100
468
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real world tasks that can accurately measure performance. This version uses all available processor cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
FX-6100
1742
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Benchmark coverage: 4%
FX-6100
4270
Relative capacity
Overall performance of the FX-6100 compared to its closest competitor in desktop processors.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
101.68
Intel Pentium Gold G5600
101.35
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
100.34
AMD FX-6100
100
AMD Athlon X4 880K
99.33
AMD PRO A10-9700
99.33
Intel Core i5-2320
99.33
Competitor from Intel
We believe that the closest competitor of FX-6100 from Intel is Pentium Gold G6505T, which is approximately equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.
Pentium Gold
G6505T
Compare
Here are some of Intel’s closest competitors to the FX-6100:
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
101.68
Intel Pentium Gold G5600
101.35
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
100.34
AMD FX-6100
100
Intel Core i5-2320
99.33
Intel Core i5-2310
98.65
Intel Pentium Gold G5420
98.65
Other processors
Here we recommend several processors that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one.
Core i5
2320
Compare
Core i5
2310
Compare
Core i5
4460T
Compare
Athlon II
X4 651
Compare
Core i5
2380P
Compare
Core i3
4360
Compare
Best graphics cards for FX-6100
We have 7207 configurations based on FX-6100 in our database.
According to statistics, these cards are most often used with the FX-6100:
GeForce GTX
1050 Ti
7.1%
GeForce GTX
750 Ti
5.4%
GeForce GTX
650
4%
GeForce GTX
550 Ti
3.9%
Radeon RX
550
3.6%
GeForce GTX
1050
3.2%
GeForce GTX
660
3.1%
GeForce GT
1030
2.7%
Radeon RX
570
2. 7%
GeForce GTX
1060 3GB
2.6%
Here are the most powerful graphics cards used with the FX-6100 according to user statistics:
GeForce RTX
4090
0.1% (10/7207)
Radeon RX
7900XTX
0.01% (1/7207)
GeForce RTX
3090 Ti
0.2% (11/7207)
Radeon RX
6950XT
0.01% (1/7207)
GeForce RTX
3080 Ti
0.1% (7/7207)
GeForce RTX
3090
0.1% (8/7207)
Radeon RX
6900XT
0.