AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Athlon 3000G

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Athlon 3000G processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3100

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2421 vs 1987
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11618 vs 4490
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 May 2020 vs 7 Nov 2019
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2421 vs 1987
PassMark - CPU mark 11618 vs 4490

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3100
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 3000G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2421
1987
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11618
4490
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Athlon 3000G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2421 1987
PassMark - CPU mark 11618 4490
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2987

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Athlon 3000G

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen+
Launch date 7 May 2020 7 Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $49
Place in performance rating 1184 1183
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB YD3000C6FHBOX
OPN Tray YD3000C6M2OFH

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Number of GPU cores 3

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 20
Number of USB ports 4
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4
Total number of SATA ports 4
USB revision 3.0

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6