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In short — Core i5-6600K outperforms the cheaper FX-6100 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-6100 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6600K is 1359 days newer than the cheaper FX-6100.
Advantages of AMD FX-6100
- Up to 75% cheaper than Core i5-6600K - £35.24 vs £138.88
- Up to 72% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i5-6600K - £0.24 vs £0.87 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K
- Performs up to 7% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than FX-6100 - 159 vs 148 FPS
- Consumes up to 4% less energy than AMD FX-6100 - 91 vs 95 Watts
Red Dead Redemption 2
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1920 x 1080
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Highest
AMD FX-Series FX-6100 CPU Used 6-Core 6-Thread Desktop Processor 3.3 GHz 8M 95W Socket AM3+
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FX-6100
Desktop • Oct 12th, 2011
Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6100 | vs | Intel Core i5-6600K |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12th, 2011 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Zambezi | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 91 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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