Intel Core i3 6100 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

older Released July, 2015

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 6100

	Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm		Has a built-in GPU Yes
	Much lower typical power consumption 41.44W		Better PassMark (Single core) score 2,106

older Released August, 2014

Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon X4 860K

	Much better performance per dollar 12.46 pt/$		Is unlocked Yes
	Much better performance per watt 9.84 pt/W		More cores 4

AMD has fitted the CPU with 2 MB of L2 cache and it should be priced for the budget market.

by Nick-Farrell (Aug, 2014)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 6100 6.0 Athlon X4 860K 5.7 Pentium G4400 5.5
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 6100 9.5 Athlon X4 860K 7.5 Pentium G4400 7.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 6100 n.d. Athlon X4 860K 0.0 Pentium G4400 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 6100 n.d. Athlon X4 860K 0.0 Pentium G4400 6.8
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i3 6100 5.3 Athlon X4 860K 5.0 Pentium G4400 5.2
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 6100 6.9 Athlon X4 860K 5.9 Pentium G4400 8.3
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

8.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 6100 8.5 Athlon X4 860K 5.5 Pentium G4400 8.3

Winner
Intel Core i3 6100

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i3 6100 based on its single-core performance and power consumption.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 6100

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Much newer manufacturing process

14 nm

28 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Has a built-in GPU

Yes

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Much lower typical power consumption

41.44W

77.19W

More than 45% lower typical power consumption

Better PassMark (Single core) score

2,106

1,596

More than 30% better PassMark (Single core) score

Much lower annual commercial energy cost

44.68 $/year

83.22 $/year

More than 45% lower annual commercial energy cost

Much lower annual home energy cost

12.29 $/year

22.89 $/year

More than 45% lower annual home energy cost

Newer

Jul, 2015

Aug, 2014

Release date 11 months later

Reasons to consider the
AMD Athlon X4 860K

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Much better performance per dollar

12.46 pt/$

1.84 pt/$

More than 6.8x better performance per dollar

Is unlocked

Yes

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Much better performance per watt

9.84 pt/W

4.51 pt/W

Around 2.2x better performance per watt

More cores

Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i3 6100

5,478

Athlon X4 860K

5,468

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i3 6100

2,106

Athlon X4 860K

1,596

summary	Core i3 6100	Athlon X4 860K
Clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Quad core
Is unlocked	No	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
AVX 2.0
power consumption
TDP	51W	95W
Annual home energy cost	12.29 $/year	22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	44.68 $/year	83.22 $/year
Performance per watt	4.51 pt/W	9.84 pt/W
Typical power consumption	41.44W	77.19W

details	Core i3 6100	Athlon X4 860K
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Manufacture process	14 nm	28 nm
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.25 GHz	4.37 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.39 GHz	4.45 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.25 GHz	4.37 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	None
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 530	N/A
Number of displays supported	3	N/A
GPU clock speed	350 MHz	N/A
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	N/A
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1866
DDR3L-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	12,800 MB/s	29,866.66 MB/s

Intel Core i3 6100

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Comments

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David Losada Gacio (01:58 PM, September 19, 2017)

Aaahh cpuboss please revise your system... it looks like you are recommending to buy a processor that cost 10 times more... And if you analize the data, the i3 6100 is NOT so better. In raw numbers it performs almost the same! You need 50 years to recover the difference in energy bills!

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