Unboxing & Review of AMD FX-6100: Powerful Desktop CPU 🔧

Type CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment Desktop
Family AMD FX-Series
Model number ? FX-6100
CPU part numbers
FD6100WMW6KGU is an OEM/tray microprocessor
FD6100WMGUSBX is a boxed microprocessor
Frequency ? 3300 MHz
Turbo frequency 3600 MHz (more than 3 cores)
3900 MHz (3 cores or less)
Bus speed ? One 2600 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link
Package 940-pin organic micro Pin Grid Array (UOC940)
Pb-free
Socket Socket AM3+
Weight 1.4oz / 38.6g (CPU)
1lb 4.9oz / 593.4g (box)
Fan/heatsink CKM-7X52A-A1-GP
Introduction date October 12, 2011
Price at introduction $165

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture Bulldozer
Platform Scorpius
Processor core ? Zambezi
Core stepping ? OR-B2
CPUID 600F12
Manufacturing process 0.032 micron
Data width 64 bit
The number of cores 6
The number of threads 6
Floating Point Unit Integrated
Level 1 cache size ? 3 x 64 KB two-way associative shared instruction caches
6 x 16 KB 4-way associative data caches
Level 2 cache size ? 3 x 2 MB 16-way associative shared exclusive caches
Level 3 cache size 8 MB up to 64-way associative shared cache
Multiprocessing Uniprocessor
Features
MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ?
SSE4a ?
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions
FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions
XOP / eXtended Operations instructions
AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology ?
VT / Virtualization technology ?
EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection ?
Turbo Core 2.0 technology
Low power features
Core C1, C1E, C6 and CC6 states
Package S3, S4 and S5 states
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Integrated peripherals / components
Integrated graphics None
Memory controller
The number of controllers: 1
Memory channels: 2
Supported memory: DDR3-1866
Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s): 29.9
Other peripherals HyperTransport 3.1 technology

Electrical / Thermal parameters
Maximum operating temperature ? 70°C
Thermal Design Power ? 95 Watt