AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD FX-4100

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and AMD FX-4100 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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 Ryzen 5 2600X

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
• Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.50°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 32 nm SOI
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2382 vs 1287
• 5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13895 vs 2617
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1048 vs 463
• 4.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5755 vs 1286

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-4100

• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
CPU 2: AMD FX-4100

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2382 1287
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	13895 2617
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1048 463
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	5755 1286

Compare specifications (specs)