AMD FX-6130

The AMD FX-6130 packs 6 cores and 12 threads. It drops into the AM3+ socket with a 125W TDP — about 20.8W per core. Clocks span 3.6GHz base to 3.9GHz boost. 8MB of L3 cache helps in cache-sensitive games and workloads.

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