AMD FX-6100 Six-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-6100 Six-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-6100 Six-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 6 (in 3 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 84.06

Overall Rank:
2413th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
2786th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
690th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $44.04 USD (2023-05-20)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3702

Single Thread Rating

1320

Samples: 3426*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,606
Thread: 1,220

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core

Integer Math	13,370 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,677 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	22 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,144 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,156 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	61,370 KBytes/Sec
Physics	368 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,844 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,320 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,662
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,018
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,483
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,702

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.44
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		152.50
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.19
Intel Core i9-13900K		128.37
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		84.06
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		1,320

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2681556 - Jun 08 2025		4442
BL2680260 - Jun 07 2025		4366
BL2676399 - Jun 05 2025		3836
BL2672987 - Jun 04 2025		3836
BL2661708 - May 30 2025		4726

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,702
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,220 (+14.0%)
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,909 (+5.6%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,660 (-1.1%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,236 (-12.6%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,330 (-10.0%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		2,989 (-19.2%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,324 (+16.8%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,686 (-0.4%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,402 (-8.1%)
Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,023 (-18.3%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,350 (-9.5%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,300 (+16.2%)

Is the AMD FX-6100 Six-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,305
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,486
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,493
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		681

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