AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Ryzen 3 3100
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We compared two 4-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 4100 against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 3 3100. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 4100
- Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
- 3% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 434.4 MB/sec | 541.1 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 32 Klines/sec | 34.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 105.1 pages/sec | 113.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 160.8 Mpixels/sec | 147.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 131.4 pages/sec | 126.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 30.7 images/sec | 28.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 46.6 images/sec | 45.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 8.4 Mpixels/sec | 8.03 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 32.2 GOps/sec | 31 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 19.1 GOps/sec | 18.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 23M Primes/sec | 50M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 15.7M Strings/sec | 15.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 9.1 GBytes/sec | 9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 149.1 MBytes/sec | 141.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 555 Frames/sec | 705 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 9.9B Matrices/sec | 9.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 5.6 PPW | 4.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 77.8 PPW | 79.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 169.5 PPW | 177.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.24 PPW | 1.3 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 3 4100 and Ryzen 3 3100General
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | April 4, 2022 | April 21, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 2 (Renoir) | Zen 2 (Matisse) |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i3 10100F | - Intel Core i3 9100F |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 3 4100 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (171st and 175th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 38x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 9.8 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 45-65 W (configurable) | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 65 W | - |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 95°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (161st and 168th place)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 8 | 16 |
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