AMD FX-8100 vs Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD FX-8100 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
AMD FX-8100 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6

CPU comparison

AMD FX-8100 or Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD FX-8100 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-8100 was released in Q4/2011.

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 was released in Q1/2017.
AMD FX (30) Family Intel Xeon E3 (43)
AMD FX-8000 (11) CPU group Intel Xeon E3 v6 (10)
2 Generation 6
Vishera (Bulldozer) Architecture Kaby Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD FX-8100 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD FX-8100 is 2.80 GHz (3.70 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 is at 3.70 GHz (4.10 GHz).

AMD FX-8100 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz Frequency 3.70 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.10 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.90 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD FX-8100 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD FX-8100 or Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics P630
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics P630
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD FX-8100 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

AMD FX-8100 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD FX-8100 is 95 W, while the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 has a TDP of 73 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD FX-8100 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 73 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD FX-8100 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

AMD FX-8100 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM3+ Socket LGA 1151
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2011 Release date Q1/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
6159 (71%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
8621 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1168 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
4662 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1434 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
4864 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
796 (100%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
Intel HD Graphics P630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
182 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
882 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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