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Intel Core i3-6100 vs AMD FX-4170

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Rank 2 - 57 %
AMD FX-4170
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Rank 2 - 90 %
AMD FX-4170
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
AMD FX-4170
4C / 4T · 4.40 GHz
517
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
AMD FX-4170
4C / 4T · 4.40 GHz
1,413

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD FX (30)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000 (24)AMD FX-4100/4200 (5)
ArchitectureSkylake SZambezi (Bulldozer)
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151AM3+
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 4.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 530no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
TDP51 W125 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-6100AMD FX-4170
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2012
Release price117 $120 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4170
4C / 4T · 4.20 - 4.40 GHz

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