Mini Review
AMD FX-6100 advantages
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- The CPU features XOP instructions, introduced in the recent past. While these extensions are not widely used in programs yet, their support should improve in future apps.
- The AMD FX-6100 has FMA4 instruction set extension enabled. Only AMD microprocessors offer this technology, therefore not many software vendors may support it in the future.
- The AMD FX-6100 is priced about 50% lower.
- The microprocessor has 45% better price/performance ratio than the Core i5-3570K CPU.
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Intel Core i5-3570K advantages
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- In single-threaded applications, the microprocessor has 104% better performance.
- Multi-threaded performance of the CPU is higher.
- The i5-3570K microprocessor is 19% faster when running memory-intensive tasks.
- Graphics performance of the Intel Core i5-3570K is better.
- The i5-3570K includes F16C instructions. These extensions are not broadly supported by programs yet, but their support should improve in future applications.
- In addition to 4 CPU cores, the microprocessor integrates HD 4000 GPU. While this Graphics Processing Unit is not fast enough to run latest games at full resolution, it can be used for casual gaming and 3D apps.
- Power consumption of the processor is lower.
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FX-6100 vs i5-3570K performance comparison
| The charts illustrate relative performance of FX-6100 and Core i5-3570K CPUs in different types of programs. To calculate displayed numbers we averaged results for a few tests for each specific program type. As a result, the shown results may differ from results, that you may see in individual benchmarks. The 'Overall performance' chart shows an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each type of application. The 'Price-performance ratio' displays how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. This ratio does not take into account the cost of other system components. |
Single-threaded performance Higher is better |
Multi-threaded performance Higher is better |
Memory-intensive applications Higher is better |
Discrete Graphics performance Higher is better |
Overall performance Higher is better |
Price / performance ratio Higher is better |
- AMD FX-6100 - Intel Core i5-3570K
Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for complete list of benchmarks, showing difference in performance between FX-6100 and Core i5-3570K in various types of applications.
FX-6100 vs i5-3570K power consumption and price comparison
Thermal Design Power Lower is better |
Current official price Lower is better |
Detailed side by side comparison of AMD FX-6100 vs i5-3570K specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Much more detailed comparison of low level features of both processors is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| FX-6100 | | Core i5-3570K |
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General recommendations: Supports XOP instructions, Much cheaper, Somewhat better price / performance ratio
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General recommendations: Performs somewhat faster in all kinds of programs, Insignificantly higher performance in graphics applications, Features F16C instructions, Includes HD 4000 GPU, Needs less power
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Drawbacks: Rather slow, Performs slightly worse in games and graphics tasks, Lacks some instructions, Comes without integrated GPU, Higher power
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Drawbacks: Lacks some instructions, Significantly more expensive, Somewhat worse price / performance ratio
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Similar processors
Similar CPUs use the same socket and architecture as AMD FX-6100 and Intel Core i5-3570K, however their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.
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Specifications
Please visit AMD FX-6100 and Intel Core i5-3570K pages for more detailed specifications of both microprocessors.
| | AMD FX-6100 | Intel Core i5-3570K |
| Market segment | Desktop |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Family | FX-Series | Core i5 |
| Basic details |
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| Model number | FX-6100 | i5-3570K |
| CPU part number | FD6100WMW6KGU | CM8063701211800 CM8063701211801 |
| Box part number | FD6100WMGUSBX | BX80637I53570K BXC80637I53570K |
| Introduction date | October 12, 2011 | April 29, 2012 |
| Current official price | $112 (as of Sep 2014) | $225 (as of May 2014) |
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| CPU features |
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| Core name | Zambezi | Ivy Bridge |
| Platform name | Scorpius | |
| Microarchitecture | Bulldozer | Ivy Bridge |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 | 0.022 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 |
| Socket | Socket AM3+ | Socket 1155 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 3300 | 3400 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 3900 / 3600 | 3800 / 3800 / 3700 / 3600 |
| Bus speed (MHz) | 2600 (HT/QPI) | |
| Clock Multiplier | | 34 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB (code) / 96 KB (data) | 128 KB (code) / 128 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 6144 | 1024 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 8192 | 6144 |
| Max temperature (°C) | 70 | 67.4 |
| TDP (Watt) | 95 | 77 |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES / Advanced Encryption Standard | + |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | + |
| F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion | - | + |
| FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + | - |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | + |
| XOP / eXtended Operations | + | - |
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| Supported technologies |
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| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
| Virtualization | + |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + |
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| Integrated Graphics |
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| GPU Type | None | HD 4000 |
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| Integrated Memory Controller(s) |
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| The number of controllers | 1 |
| Memory channels | 2 |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1866 | DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 29.9 | 25.6 |
Notes:
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD FX-6100" or "Intel Core i5-3570K" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a partial set of AMD FX-6100 and Intel Core i5-3570K benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database.
The former processor was tested on ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard with 4GB dual-channel Crucial BallistixPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon).
The latter processor was tested on ASUS P8P67 motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair TR3X3G1600C9 DDR3 memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon) graphics.
For different system configurations please see tests of FX-6100 and Intel Core i5-3570K CPUs in our benchmark database.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
FX-6100 vs Intel Core i5-3570K single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend
on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading
technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches,
dedicated to other cores.
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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3DMark03 CPU score benchmark
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Uses DirectX software vertex shader to run Wings of Fury and Trolls'
Lair games, and calculates a 3DMark03 CPU score based on averaged
number of frames per second, achieved by the CPU/GPU combination.
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| 100% |
| 59.0% |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark
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Measures performance of a single-core rendering of a photo-realistic
3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 41.7% |
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports the number of songs, converted by a single CPU core from WAV to
FLAC format using the best possible compression.
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| 100% |
| 54.7% |
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by one CPU thread from MPEG2
format to H.264 format using high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 56.9% |
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by one CPU core per one minute.
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| 100% |
| 46.4% |
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 50.4% |
Super PI (1M) benchmark
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Measures time, required to calculate the first 1 million digits
after the decimal point in the number Pi.
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| 100% |
| 36.8% |
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by a single CPU core from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion method.
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| 100% |
| 57.2% |
FX-6100 vs Intel Core i5-3570K multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip
resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's
Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading
performance.
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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3DMark06 CPU score benchmark
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Estimates processor performance based on how fast it runs such
CPU-intensive code as game logic, physics and pathfinding AI. The
test requires DirectX 9.0.
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| 100% |
| 67.5% |
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark
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Shows an average number of dynamic HTML pages served per second by
local instance of Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater
error margin than other tests.
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| 100% |
| 54.5% |
Apache web server - static pages benchmark
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Shows an average number of very simple static HTML pages served per
second by local Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater
error margin than other tests.
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| 100% |
| 39.9% |
Blowfish encryption benchmark
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Reports encryption speed of pre-defined 32KB text block. The data is
encrypted using Blowfish algorithm.
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| 100% |
| 55.7% |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark
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Measures performance of multi-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D
image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 55.9% |
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark
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Measures time taken to render a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA
4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 56.0% |
CrystalMark ALU benchmark
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Runs Fibonacci, Napierian, Eratosthenes and QuickSort integer
performance tests on all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
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| 100% |
| 49.9% |
CrystalMark FPU benchmark
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Executes MikoFPU, RandMeanSS, FFT and Mandelbrot FPU-dependent tests
using all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
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| 100% |
| 50.5% |
Euler3D benchmark
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| 100% |
| 65.3% |
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports the number of songs, converted from WAV to FLAC
format by all CPU cores using the best possible compression.
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| 100% |
| 72.2% |
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark
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| 100% |
| 77.8% |
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors
from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using single-pass method and high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 76.3% |
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors
from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using multi-threading system calls,
dual-pass method and high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 85.0% |
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by all CPU cores per one minute.
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| 100% |
| 65.2% |
MySQL 5.0.96 - selecting data benchmark
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Shows sustained number of SQL requests per second
served by local instance of MySQL server v5.0.96. This test scales
well with the number of CPU cores.
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| 100% |
| 58.4% |
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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PCMark05 CPU score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 52.9% |
PCMark05 score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 68.4% |
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark
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Runs Dhrystone test on all cores, and reports estimated integer
performance in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 64.0% |
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 80.3% |
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 95.7% |
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark
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Runs Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point
performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 57.9% |
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark
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Runs SSE2-enabled Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated
floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point
Operations Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 77.2% |
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by all CPU cores
from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion
method.
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| 100% |
| 79.6% |
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark
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wPrime benchmark measures time taken to calculate square roots of
numbers from 1 to 33554431.
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| 100% |
| 64.2% |
FX-6100 vs Intel Core i5-3570K graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete
graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance.
Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent
gaming performance. However, they still can be used to estimate whether
one processor will perform faster or slower than another CPU
in games and other 3D tasks.
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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3DMark03 game score benchmark
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Measures graphics and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated
GPUs using 4 different game simulations, that have varying level of
DirectX support from version 7 to version 9.
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| 100% |
| 92.7% |
3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark
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Measures 3D graphics and game performance of CPU/GPU combination by
running 4 game simulations, that make extensive use of DirectX
9.0/9.0C capabilities.
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| 100% |
| 91.9% |
3DMark2001 score benchmark
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Runs a series of game simulations and feature tests to measure graphics
and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated GPUs. It utilizes a
single CPU core, and it is compatible with DirectX 8 and later APIs.
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| 100% |
| 50.9% |
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 59.9% |
PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 94.0% |
FX-6100 vs Intel Core i5-3570K memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from
memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of
on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD FX-6100
Intel Core i5-3570K
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7Zip compressing/decompressing speed (1 thread) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 61.4% |
CrystalMark Memory benchmark
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Evaluates Read, Write, Read/Write and Cache memory bandwidth score.
The final result is the sum of measured results.
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| 100% |
| 78.0% |
PCMark05 Memory score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 57.0% |
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 47.1% |
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark
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| 100% |
| 90.6% |
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD FX-6100 and Intel Core i5-3570K
microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database.
Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified
by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For
that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with
specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
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CPUID 1 |
CPUID 2 |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| CPU Family | FX-Series | Core i5 |
| Model / Processor Number | FX-6100 | i5-3570K |
| Frequency | 3314 MHz | 3392 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.5 |
| Part number (supplied) | FD6100WMW6KGU | CM8063701211800 |
| Part number (guessed) | FD6100WMW6KGU | CM8063701211800 |
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| General information |
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| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Compute units | 3 | |
| Logical processors | 6 | 4 |
| Processor type | Original OEM Processor |
| Core stepping | OR-B2 | |
| CPUID signature | 600F12 | 306A9 |
| Family | 21 (015h) | 6 (06h) |
| Model | 1 (01h) | 58 (03Ah) |
| Stepping | 2 (02h) | 9 (09h) |
| Socket | AM3+ (AM3r2) | |
| TLB/Cache details | | 64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
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| Cache |
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| L1 data: Associativity | 4-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 data: Size | 6 x 16 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | Direct-mapped|1 cache per 2 cores | Direct-mapped |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 instruction: Size | 3 x 64 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped|1 cache per 2 cores | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L2: Size | 3 x 2 MB | 4 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 64-way set associative | 12-way set associative |
| L3: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped|Shared between all cores | Inclusive|Shared between all cores |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L3: Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES | + |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + | - |
| AVX | + |
| F16C | - | + |
| FMA4 | + | - |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSE4A | + | - |
| SSSE3 | + |
| XOP | + | - |
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| Additional instructions |
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| Advanced Bit manipulation | + | - |
| CLFLUSH | + |
| CMOV | + |
| CMPXCHG16B | + |
| CMPXCHG8B | + |
| Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB | - | + |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + |
| PCLMULDQ | + |
| POPCNT | + |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + | - |
| RD/WR FSGSBASE instructions | - | + |
| RDRAND | - | + |
| RDTSCP | + |
| SKINIT/STGI support | + | - |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | - |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + |
| XSAVE/XRESTORE states | + |
| XSETBV/XGETBV are enabled | - | + |
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| Major features |
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| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | - |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost | - | + |
| Turbo Core | + | - |
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| Other features |
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| 1 GB large page support | + | - |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + | - |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + | - |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + |
| 64-bit debug store | - | + |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + |
| CPL qualified debug store | - | + |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + | - |
| Debug store | - | + |
| Debugging extensions | + |
| Digital Thermal Sensor capability | - | + |
| Extended APIC space | + | - |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTOR optimizations | + | - |
| Hardware P-state control | + | - |
| Hardware thermal control | + | - |
| Instruction based sampling | + | - |
| LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + |
| LBR virtualization | + | - |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + | - |
| Lightweight profiling support | + | - |
| Machine check architecture | + |
| Machine check exception | + |
| Memory-type range registers | + |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + | - |
| Model-specific registers | + |
| Nested page tables | + | - |
| OS visible workaround | + | - |
| Page attribute table | + |
| Page global extension | + |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + |
| Pending break enable | - | + |
| Perfmon and Debug capability | - | + |
| Physical address extensions | + |
| Power Limit Notification capability | - | + |
| Process context identifiers | - | + |
| SVM lock | + | - |
| Self-snoop | - | + |
| Supervisor Mode Execution Protection | - | + |
| Support for NRIP save | + | - |
| THERMTRIP | + | - |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + |
| Temperature sensor | + | - |
| Thermal monitor | - | + |
| Thermal monitor 2 | - | + |
| Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities | - | + |
| Time stamp counter | + |
| Timestamp counter deadline | - | + |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + |
| Watchdog timer support | + | - |
| xTPR Update Control | - | + |
+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed
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