AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and AMD Athlon X4 860K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3100+

• Around 77400% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 4 GHz
• Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 860K

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 70 °C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 130 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1528 vs 600
• 7.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3431 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 860K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	600 1528
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	484 3431

Compare specifications (specs)