Intel Core i3 6100 vs AMD Athlon 900 |
Released July, 2015
Intel Core i3 6100
- 3.7 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 6100
 | Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm | | Much higher clock speed 3.7 GHz |
| | Has a NX bit Yes | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.25 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 14 nm | vs | 180 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.7 GHz | vs | 0.9 GHz | More than 4x higher clock speed | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.25 GHz | vs | 0.98 GHz | More than 4.2x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.39 GHz | vs | 0.9 GHz | Around 5x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more threads | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the AMD Athlon 900 vs the Intel Core i3 6100. | |||||||
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Features Key features of the Core i3 6100 vs Athlon 900
clock speed
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i3 6100 | vs | Athlon 900 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 0.9 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Single core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
details | Core i3 6100 | vs | Athlon 900 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 4 | 1 | |
| Manufacture process | 14 nm | 180 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.25 GHz | 0.98 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.39 GHz | 0.9 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.25 GHz | 0.98 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | 41.44W | N/A | |
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