AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs Intel Pentium G860

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 3100+ and Intel Pentium G860 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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, 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+

Intel Pentium G860

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3100+

Around 103233% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70 °C vs 69.1°C
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70 °C vs 69.1°C
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G860

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
1 more threads: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 89 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1391 vs 600
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1460 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Number of threads	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1391 vs 600
PassMark - CPU mark	1460 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 3100+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G860

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

600

1391

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

484

1460

Name	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	Intel Pentium G860
PassMark - Single thread mark	600	1391
PassMark - CPU mark	484	1460
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		524
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		21.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.336

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 3100+	Intel Pentium G860
Essentials
Architecture codename	K8	Sandy Bridge
Family	AMD Athlon 64
Place in performance rating	2736	2750
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch date		15 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP)		$75
Price now		$29.99
Processor Number		G860
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		26.93
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1800 MHz	3.00 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	69.1°C
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Number of threads	1	2
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		131 mm
L3 cache		3072 KB
Transistor count		504 Million
Compatibility
Sockets supported	754	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt	65 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		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)