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).

AMD Athlon 64 3100+

Intel Core i5-750

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: 1233 vs 600
5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2535 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	1233 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark	2535 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

1233

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

484

2535

Name	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	Intel Core i5-750
PassMark - Single thread mark	600	1233
PassMark - CPU mark	484	2535
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	2827	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)