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AMD FX 4100
CPUBoss recommends the AMD FX 4100 based on its single-core performance and overclocking.
See full details | AMD Phenom X4 9350e vs FX 4100 |
![]() | Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year | ![]() | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year |
![]() | Much higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | ![]() | Is unlocked Yes |
![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | ![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,221 |
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 | |
Winner |
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Much lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 34.18 $/year | 2.2x lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 114.41 $/year | 2x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Much higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | 80% higher clock speed | |||
Is unlocked | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking | |||
Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,221 | vs | 672 | More than 80% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.66 GHz | vs | 2.7 GHz | More than 70% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better performance per watt | 6.46 pt/W | vs | 1.06 pt/W | More than 6x better performance per watt | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.99 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | Around 2.5x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
Newer | Oct, 2011 | vs | Jul, 2008 | Release date over 3 years later |
summary | Phenom X4 9350e | vs | FX 4100 |
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Clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
Socket type | |||
AM2+ | |||
AM3+ | |||
Is unlocked | No | Yes | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
SSE2 | |||
F16C | |||
MMX | |||
XOP | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
ABM | |||
CLMUL | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
CVT16 | |||
AMD-V | |||
3DNow! | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 65W | 95W | |
Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 34.18 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 114.41 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 1.06 pt/W | 6.46 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 52.81W | N/A |
details | Phenom X4 9350e | vs | FX 4100 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 65 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 70°C | Unknown - 70.5°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 4.66 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2 GHz | 4.99 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.7 GHz | 4.66 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 1,800 MHz | 3,200 MHz |
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