AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs Intel Core i5-750

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and Intel Core i5-750 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, 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 96775% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-750

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 72.7°C vs 70 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1230 vs 600
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2531 vs 484
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Number of threads 4 vs 1
Maximum core temperature 72.7°C vs 70 °C
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1230 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark 2531 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-750

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
600
1230
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
484
2531
Name AMD Athlon 64 3100+ Intel Core i5-750
PassMark - Single thread mark 600 1230
PassMark - CPU mark 484 2531
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 502
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1587
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 1761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.294

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 3100+ Intel Core i5-750

Essentials

Architecture codename K8 Lynnfield
Family AMD Athlon 64
Place in performance rating 2826 2824
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch date 23 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $150
Price now $160.50
Processor Number i5-750
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 6.78

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1800 MHz 2.66 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 70 °C 72.7°C
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 1 4
Number of threads 1 4
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 296 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB) 2500 MHz
L3 cache 8 MB
Transistor count 774 million
VID voltage range 0.6500V-1.4000V

Compatibility

Sockets supported 754 LGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)