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| 4.7 Out of 10 |  | by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011) by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011) |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the AMD FX 4100 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 4.7 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Benchmarks Real world tests of the AMD FX 4100
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street for the AMD FX 4100
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Overall | Out of 10 | |
What People Are Saying Give it to me straight
Socket Type
by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011)The AMD FX-4100 will work only on AMD AM3+ ready motherboards, but the good news is that sites like Newegg have 46 AMD AM3+ boards to pick from with prices ranging from $54.99 to $239.99.
by NostraD (Aug, 2012)Eventually I got around to placing it under water and now enjoy a 4.8GHz OC that is P95 stable (overnight) and the chip has yet to give me any issues.
by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011)he Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866MHz memory kit was set to 1866MHz with 1.5v and 9-10-9-28 1T memory timings.
Socket
by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011)When it comes to performance we were shocked to see the AMD A8-3850 'Llano' processor and the Socket FM1 platform performing better than the AMD FX-4100 'Bulldozer' processor and the Socket AM3+ platform.
by damric (Sep, 2012)This particular chip clocked stable up to 4200MHz on stock voltage, and was still running cool, not breaking 35C with a Hyper 212.
by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011)Turbo mode on the FX-4100 runs at just 3.7 (4 cores at load) or 3.8 GHz (2 cores at load), so it doesn't scale as high as the FX-8150.
Performance
by damric (Sep, 2012)While performance at stock speed was downright sucky, performance improved quite a bit once things were tuned up.
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)We'd hoped for a lot more from this brand new AMD Bulldozer architecture, but the weak single-core performance, behind even the old Phenom II processors, makes us sad.
by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2011)Our readers were clearly disappointed with the performance results and we don't blame them.
Applications
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)The best that can be said about this dual-module Bulldozer, then, is that it's not far behind its triple and quad-module brethren in games.
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)After all, if it's just games that gets you going, we'd argue there's only so many cores you actually need.
by NostraD (Aug, 2012)I had placed a few of these in gaming builds earlier in the year.
Gaming
by NostraD (Aug, 2012)I would strongly suggest trying this CPU for any new gaming build.
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)Despite the hype, the fact is PC games still don't scale all that well across multiple processor cores.
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2011)Of course, what really matters is actual game performance and here Bulldozer's per-thread gutlessness duly rears its head.
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary
| Clock speed | 3.6 GHz |
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| Turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz |
| Cores | Quad core |
| Socket type | AM3+ |
| Is unlocked | Yes |
features
| Has a NX bit | Yes |
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| Has virtualization support | Yes |
| Instruction set extensions |
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| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes |
integrated graphics
| GPU | None |
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memory controller
| Memory controller | Built-in |
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| Memory type | DDR3-1866 |
| Channels | Dual Channel |
| Supports ECC | Yes |
| Maximum bandwidth | 29,866.66 MB/s |
details
| Architecture | x86-64 |
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| Threads | 4 threads |
| L2 cache | 4 MB |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core |
| L3 cache | 8 MB |
| L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm |
| Transistor count | 1,200,000,000 |
| Max CPUs | 1 |
| Die size | 319 mm² |
| Voltage range | 1.14 - 1.55V |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 70.5°C |
overclocking
| Overclock popularity | 127 |
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| Overclock review score | 4 |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.66 GHz |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.99 GHz |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,972.7 |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.66 GHz |
power consumption
| TDP | 95W |
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| Annual home energy cost | 34.18 $/year |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 114.41 $/year |
| Performance per watt | 6.46 pt/W |
| Idle power consumption | 43W |
| Peak power consumption | 130.6W |
bus
| Architecture | HyperTransport 3.1 |
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| Number of links | 1 |
| Data rate | 10,400 MB/s |
| Transfer rate | 5,200 MT/s |
| Clock speed | 3,200 MHz |
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