AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and AMD Athlon II X4 635 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3100+

  • Around 106797% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 2.9 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 635

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1168 vs 600
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2237 vs 484
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1168 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark 2237 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 635

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
600
1168
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
484
2237
Name AMD Athlon 64 3100+ AMD Athlon II X4 635
PassMark - Single thread mark 600 1168
PassMark - CPU mark 484 2237
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1130
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 13.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.211

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 3100+ AMD Athlon II X4 635

Essentials

Architecture codename K8 Propus
Family AMD Athlon 64
Place in performance rating 2827 2823
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch date January 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $70
Price now $69.95
Value for money (0-100) 13.66

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1800 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 70 °C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 1 4
Number of threads 1
Die size 169 mm
Transistor count 300 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported 754 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3