AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs AMD FX-6100

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		AMD FX-6100
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D or AMD FX-6100 - 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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D was released in Q3/2023. The AMD FX-6100 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-6100 was released in Q4/2011.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	AMD FX (30)
AMD Ryzen 7045 (6)	CPU group	AMD FX-6100/6200 (3)
6	Generation	1
Dragon Range (Zen 4)	Architecture	Zambezi (Bulldozer)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is 2.30 GHz (5.40 GHz) while the AMD FX-6100 has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD FX-6100 is at 3.30 GHz (3.90 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D	Characteristic	AMD FX-6100
16	Cores	6
32	Threads	6
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.30 GHz	Frequency	3.30 GHz
5.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D	Characteristic	AMD FX-6100
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D or AMD FX-6100 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.
AMD Radeon 610M	GPU	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
2.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
6 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
2	Compute units	--
128	Shader	--
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

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.
AMD Radeon 610M	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The AMD FX-6100 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D	Characteristic	AMD FX-6100
DDR5-5200	Memory	DDR3-1866
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
16.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
128.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	--
28	PCIe lanes	--
110.3 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is 55 W, while the AMD FX-6100 has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D	Characteristic	AMD FX-6100
55 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
75 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
89 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is manufactured in 5 nm and has 144.00 MB cache. The AMD FX-6100 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D	Characteristic	AMD FX-6100
5 nm	Technology	32 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FL1	Socket	AM3+
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2023	Release date	Q4/2011
--	Release price	100 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (100%)

AMD FX-6100 (23%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (100%)

AMD FX-6100 (8%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	2138 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	471 (22%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	19880 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	1713 (9%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	310 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	73 (24%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	5602 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	345 (6%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	1931 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	33450 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	2783 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	16080 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	747 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	13036 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	5418 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD FX-6100 6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz	853 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 33,450 CB R23 MC @ 104 W	322 (100%)
	AMD FX-6100 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D	AMD FX-6100
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D	Unknown

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