AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD FX-6100

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and AMD FX-6100 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3100+

• Around 79387% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.9 GHz
• Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6100

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 5 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 1
• 5 more threads: 6 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 130 nm
• 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1318 vs 600
• 7.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3697 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: AMD FX-6100

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	600 1318
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	484 3697

Compare specifications (specs)