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: 84.16

Overall Rank:
2481st fastest in multithreading out of 5265 CPUs
2846th fastest in single threading out of 5265 CPUs
693rd fastest in out of 1452 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3707

Single Thread Rating

1322

Samples: 3430*
*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	13,385 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,684 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	22 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,151 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,158 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	61,429 KBytes/Sec
Physics	368 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,846 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,322 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 1st of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of July 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 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,632
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,012
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,438
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,145
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,859
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,488
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,159
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,703
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,656
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,707

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		228.16
Intel Core i5-12400F		176.89
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.95
Intel Core i9-13900K		136.67
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.62
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.20
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		84.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.35
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 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
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		2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		1,322

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2738324 - Jul 03 2025		4964
BL2736344 - Jul 02 2025		4420
BL2722524 - Jun 26 2025		4421
BL2719977 - Jun 25 2025		4949
BL2719596 - Jun 25 2025		3760

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

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-6100 Six-Core
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,707
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,219 (+13.8%)
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,909 (+5.5%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,870 (+4.4%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,664 (-1.2%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,234 (-12.8%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		2,988 (-19.4%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,683 (-0.6%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,405 (-8.1%)
Intel Core i7-860 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		3,020 (-18.5%)
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,632 (+25.0%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,305 (+16.2%)
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		4,099 (+10.6%)

Is the AMD FX-6100 Six-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,147
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,836
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,574
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,485
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,909
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,801
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,645
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,436
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core		682

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