AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD Athlon X4 750K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and AMD Athlon X4 750K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon 64 3100+

AMD Athlon X4 750K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3100+

Around 77400% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 4 GHz
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 100 Watt

Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 750K

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
3 more threads: 4 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1465 vs 600
5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2859 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Number of threads	4 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1465 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark	2859 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 750K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

600

1465

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

484

2859

Name	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD Athlon X4 750K
PassMark - Single thread mark	600	1465
PassMark - CPU mark	484	2859
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		492
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		12.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.192

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD Athlon X4 750K
Essentials
Architecture codename	K8
Family	AMD Athlon 64	AMD Athlon Processors
Place in performance rating	2736	2726
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN PIB		AD750KWOHJBOX
OPN Tray		AD750KWOA44HJ
Series		AMD Athlon X4
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1800 MHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70 °C
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Number of threads	1	4
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Compatibility
Sockets supported	754	FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt	100 Watt