CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 8100 vs 6300

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

FX 8100
7.3
FX 6300
7.4
Cinebench R11.5, Passmark and GeekBench (32-bit)

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

FX 8100
7.5
FX 6300
8.1
Cinebench R11.5 (1-core) and Passmark (Single Core)

Overclocking

How much speed can you get out of the processor?

FX 8100
9.4
FX 6300
9.7
Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 1 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

FX 8100
N/A
FX 6300
N/A
Performance Per Dollar

CPUBoss Score

Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value

FX 8100
7.5
FX 6300
7.8

Winner
AMD FX 6300 

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of AMD FX 8100

Reasons to consider the
AMD FX 8100

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Significantly more l2 cache 8 MB vs 6 MB Around 35% more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
More cores 8 vs 6 2 more cores; run more applications at once
More threads 8 vs 6 2 more threads
Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature 70 °C vs 62.5 °C More than 10% higher Maximum Operating Temperature
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 5.3 GHz vs 4.83 GHz Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Front view of AMD FX 6300

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AMD FX 6300

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Higher clock speed 3.5 GHz vs 2.8 GHz More than 25% higher clock speed
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.78 GHz vs 2.8 GHz More than 70% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,446 vs 1,121 Around 30% better PassMark (Single core) score
Better cinebench r11.5 (1-core) score 1.07 vs 0.9 Around 20% better cinebench r11.5 (1-core) score
More l3 cache per core 1.33 MB/core vs 1 MB/core Around 35% more l3 cache per core
Marginally newer Oct, 2012 vs Nov, 2011 Release date 11 months later

Benchmarks Real world tests of FX 8100 vs 6300

GeekBench (32-bit)

FX 8100
7,556
FX 6300
7,498

GeekBench

FX 8100
7,556
FX 6300
9,503

Cinebench R11.5

FX 8100
4.7
FX 6300
4.92
In the other straight CPU performance tests in Cinebench it shows a very slight advantage, though the improvements in single-threaded performance aren't as pronounced as with the FX-8350.
FX 6300 | by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

Cinebench R11.5 (Single Core)

FX 8100
0.9
FX 6300
1.07

Passmark

FX 8100
6,075
FX 6300
6,444

Passmark (Single Core)

FX 8100
1,121
FX 6300
1,446

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

FX 8100  vs
6300 
Clock speed 2.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Cores Octa core Hexa core
Socket type
AM3+
Is unlocked Yes Yes
Is hyperthreaded No No

features

Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Has vitualization support Yes Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
SSE3
FMA3
SSE2
FMA4
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
SSE4a
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption

TDP 95W 95W
Annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year 22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year 83.22 $/year
Performance per watt 6.91 pt/W 7.65 pt/W
Typical power consumption 77.19W 77.19W

details

FX 8100  vs
6300 
Threads 8 6
L2 cache 8 MB 6 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core 1 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache per core 1 MB/core 1.33 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nms 32 nms
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 70°C Unknown - 62.5°C

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 2.8 GHz 4.78 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 5.3 GHz 4.83 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.8 GHz 4.78 GHz

bus

Clock speed 2,600 MHz 2,600 MHz
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