AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. 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).

AMD Athlon 64 3100+

AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3100+

Around 114715% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 2.7 GHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 2.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1037 vs 600
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 978 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1037 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark	978 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

600

1037

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

484

978

Name	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	600	1037
PassMark - CPU mark	484	978
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		326
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.89

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	K8	Kuma
Family	AMD Athlon 64
Place in performance rating	2736	2755
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch date		December 2008
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	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	70 °C
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Number of threads	1
Die size		285 mm
L3 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Transistor count		450 million
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	754	AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)