AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD FX-4300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and AMD FX-4300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon 64 3100+

AMD FX-4300

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

Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-4300

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 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 70 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 130 nm
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
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: 1476 vs 600
6.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2981 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Number of threads	4 vs 1
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 70 °C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm SOI vs 130 nm
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1476 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark	2981 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: AMD FX-4300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

600

1476

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

484

2981

Name	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD FX-4300
PassMark - Single thread mark	600	1476
PassMark - CPU mark	484	2981
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		513
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		10.042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.548

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	AMD FX-4300
Essentials
Architecture codename	K8	Vishera
Family	AMD Athlon 64	AMD FX-Series Processors
Place in performance rating	2822	2818
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch date		October 2012
OPN PIB		FD4300WMHKBOX
OPN Tray		FD4300WMW4MHK
Price now		$53.39
Series		AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition Processors
Value for money (0-100)		25.84
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1800 MHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Number of threads	1	4
Die size		315 mm
L3 cache		4 MB
P0 Vcore voltage		Min: 1.225 V - Max: 1.3875 V
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	754	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Memory
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		n / a
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)