AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD FX-4100

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 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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$ 92.43

$ 297.57 significantly less expensive

$ 390.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3488 points

177% significantly better overall score

1255 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5468 points

131% significantly better gaming score

2361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2894 points

203% significantly better multitasking score

952 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2778 points

203% significantly better heavy workload score

914 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.11 points

359% significantly higher Blender score

18.53 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4934 points

274% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1317 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1418 points

199% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

474 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5096 points

409% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1001 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1493 points

275% 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

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% 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

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

484th of 1,089

882nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 3100 vs FX-4100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3100 performs better than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 3 3100 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-4100 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-4100. Both the Ryzen 3 3100 and FX-4100 have the same clock speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 3 3100 also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.