AMD FX-6100 vs AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6100 and AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6100

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• Around 30% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1316 vs 1213
• Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3688 vs 2358
• Around 17% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 466 vs 397
• Around 28% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1702 vs 1331
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.171 vs 3.763
• Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 15.905 vs 11.035
• Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.327 vs 0.192
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 4.915 vs 3.856

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

• Around 78% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6100
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1316 1213
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3688 2358
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	466 397
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1702 1331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	6.171 3.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	15.905 11.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	0.327 0.192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	4.915 3.856

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