AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8100 Eight-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.
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AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

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

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8100 Eight-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 41.37

Overall Rank:
2136th fastest in multithreading out of 4930 CPUs
2929th fastest in single threading out of 4930 CPUs
616th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $98.02 USD (2023-04-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4055

Single Thread Rating

1151

Samples: 46*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,645
Thread: 1,057

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

Integer Math	15,918 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,823 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,765 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,240 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	67,208 KBytes/Sec
Physics	387 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,062 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,151 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of January 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,882
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,417
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,086
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,583
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,107
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,882
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,231
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,734
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,601
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,055

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		197.86
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		186.18
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.90
Intel Core i9-12900K		143.31
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.44
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.55
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		54.95
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		41.37
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 14th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,154
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,025
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,926
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,565
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		1,151

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2236170 - Nov 03 2024		4115
BL2002301 - Jan 21 2024		4353
BL1986340 - Jan 03 2024		4320
BL1889563 - Aug 24 2023		3502
BL1349489 - Jan 03 2021		5132

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

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core
As of 14th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,055
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,625 (+14.1%)
Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,961 (+22.3%)
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,934 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,506 (+11.1%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,212 (+3.9%)
Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		5,744 (+41.7%)
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		5,270 (+30.0%)
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,786 (+18.0%)
Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,608 (+13.6%)
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,607 (+13.6%)
Intel Core i5-3450S @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,380 (+8.0%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,100 (+1.1%)

Is the AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,201
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,873
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,759
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,587
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,313
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,859
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,624
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,541
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,284
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,225
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,132
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,910
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		561

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