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In short — Core i5-8400 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 i5-8400 is 2185 days newer than the cheaper FX-6100.
Advantages of AMD FX-6100
- Up to 78% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - £35.24 vs £158.88
- Up to 74% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Core i5-8400 - £0.23 vs £0.88 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 18% better in World of Warcraft than FX-6100 - 181 vs 153 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-6100 - 65 vs 95 Watts
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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 i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6100 | vs | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12th, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Zambezi | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 6 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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