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AMD FX 4100
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See full details AMD Phenom X4 9350e vs FX 4100 |
Released July, 2008
AMD Phenom X4 9350e
- 2 GHz
- Quad core
3.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the AMD Phenom X4 9350e
 | Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year | | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year |
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Released October, 2011
AMD FX 4100
- 3.6 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
4.7 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the FX 4100
| | Much higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | | Is unlocked Yes |
| | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,221 |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 9350e vs 4100 among desktop CPUs
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 | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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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 | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Phenom X4 9350e vs 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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Phenom X4 9350e | vs | FX 4100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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