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).

AMD Athlon 64 3100+

AMD Athlon II X4 635

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 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1156 vs 600
4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2206 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	1156 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark	2206 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

1156

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

484

2206

Name	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD Athlon II X4 635
PassMark - Single thread mark	600	1156
PassMark - CPU mark	484	2206
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	2736	2752
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