AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8100 Eight-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 41.55

Overall Rank:
2266th fastest in multithreading out of 5094 CPUs
3063rd fastest in single threading out of 5094 CPUs
651st fastest in out of 1440 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $98.02 USD (2023-04-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4073

Single Thread Rating

1154

Samples: 47*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,645
Thread: 1,057

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

Integer Math	15,883 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,837 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,767 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,253 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	67,295 KBytes/Sec
Physics	391 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,068 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,154 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,725
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,321
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,043
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,487
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,182
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,073

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.18
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.75
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.32
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		41.55
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		1,154

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2370969 - Jan 27 2025		4218
BL2236170 - Nov 03 2024		4115
BL2002301 - Jan 21 2024		4353
BL1986340 - Jan 03 2024		4320
BL1889563 - Aug 24 2023		3502

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,073
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,631 (+13.7%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,517 (+10.9%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,220 (+3.6%)
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		5,297 (+30.0%)
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,790 (+17.6%)
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,621 (+13.4%)
Intel Core i5-3450S @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		4,348 (+6.8%)
Intel Core i7-950 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		3,237 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i5-2380P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		3,636 (-10.7%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		3,199 (-21.5%)
Intel Core i7-3770S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		6,192 (+52.0%)
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		5,448 (+33.8%)

Is the AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,401
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,168
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,300
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,844
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,614
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,292
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,816
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,685
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,528
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,411
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,295
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core		565

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