Intel Core i3-9100 vs AMD FX-4100

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-4100

Price

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$ 72.99

$ 317.01 significantly less expensive

$ 390.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2845 points

126% significantly better overall score

1255 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5304 points

124% significantly better gaming score

2361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2160 points

126% significantly better multitasking score

952 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2073 points

126% significantly better heavy workload score

914 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

54.00 points

191% significantly higher Blender score

18.53 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3579 points

171% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1317 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1335 points

181% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

474 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3650 points

264% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1001 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1394 points

250% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

398 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

192 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

567th of 1,099

890th of 1,099

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9100 vs FX-4100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-9100 is faster than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-9100 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-4100 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i3-9100 and FX-4100 have the same clock speed. The info from our database shows that the FX-4100 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-9100. The FX-4100 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.