AMD FX-6100 vs AMD FX-9590 - differences in specs

Differences
Specifications Benchmarks Testimonials

Differences

Reasons to consider
AMD FX-6100

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Place in the overall ranking

(based on several benchmarks)

1289 score
Performance per watt

times less performance per watt

95 W 220 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-6100 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

935 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

664 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

1173 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

1028 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

663 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

452 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

683 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

393 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

802 place

Reasons to consider
AMD FX-9590

Report a bug

Place in the overall ranking

(based on several benchmarks)

931 score
Higher clock speed

Around 30% better clock speed

4.70 GHz 3.30 GHz
More number of cores

About 1.33 times more cores

8 6
Higher turbo clock speed

Around 22 % better overclocked clock speed

5.00 GHz 3.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-9590 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

755 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

414 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

997 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

767 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

51 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

526 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

289 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

510 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

233 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

518 place

Specifications

Technical data

AMD FX-6100

AMD FX-9590

CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

Segment

Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Family

AMD FX AMD FX
Generation

1 2
CPU group

AMD FX-6100/6200 AMD FX-9000

CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

Frequency

3.30 GHz 4.70 GHz
CPU Cores

6 8
Turbo (1 Core)

3.90 GHz 5.00 GHz
CPU Threads

6 8
Hyperthreading

No No
Overclocking

Yes Yes
Core architecture

normal normal

IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

GPU name

no iGPU no iGPU
GPU (Turbo)

No turbo No turbo

Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit)

No No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)

No No
h264

No No
VP9

No No
VP8

No No
AV1

No No
AVC

No No
VC-1

No No
JPEG

No No

Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-9590 and AMD FX-6100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

Memory type

DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
ECC

Yes Yes
Memory channels

2 2

Encryption

AES-NI

Yes Yes

Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-6100 and AMD FX-9590 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

TDP (PL1)

95 W 220 W

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-6100 and AMD FX-6100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

Instruction set (ISA)

x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
Virtualization

AMD-V AMD-V
ISA extensions

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
L3-Cache

8.00 MB 8.00 MB
Architecture

Zambezi (Bulldozer) Vishera (Piledriver)
Technology

32 nm 32 nm
Socket

AM3+ AM3+
Release date

Q4/2011 Q3/2013

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-6100 and AMD FX-9590.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

AMD FX-6100

114

AMD FX-9590

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

345

AMD FX-6100

713

AMD FX-9590

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

471

AMD FX-6100

634

AMD FX-9590

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

1713

AMD FX-6100

3020

AMD FX-9590

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

1858

AMD FX-6100

2587

AMD FX-9590

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

7737

AMD FX-6100

13110

AMD FX-9590

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

0.95

AMD FX-6100

1.37

AMD FX-9590

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

4.07

AMD FX-6100

8.52

AMD FX-9590

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

5418

AMD FX-6100

10465

AMD FX-9590