AMD FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-2100
Mini Review
AMD FX-4300 advantages
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Intel Core i3-2100 advantages
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FX-4300 vs i3-2100 performance comparison
The charts in the table below show performance of FX-4300 and Core i3-2100 CPUs in several different task types. To calculate displayed numbers we averaged results for a number of tests for each specific type of application. Consequentally, the shown results may differ from results, that you may receive in individual benchmarks. We also averaged the numbers for task type specific benchmarks and all-around performance benchmarks, and presented them in the 'Overall performance' chart. The 'Price-performance ratio' chart shows how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. This ratio does not take into account the cost of other system components. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for complete list of benchmarks, showing difference in performance between AMD FX-4300 and Intel Core i3-2100 in various types of programs.
FX-4300 vs i3-2100 power consumption and price comparison
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Detailed side by side comparison of AMD FX-4300 vs i3-2100 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of low level features of both CPUs is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| FX-4300 | Core i3-2100 |
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General recommendations: Identical overall performance,
Slightly faster in multi-threaded tasks, Features F16C / FMA4 / XOP instructions, Allows easy overclocking, Less expensive, Insignificantly better price / performance ratio |
General recommendations: Comparable overall performance,
Somewhat faster in single-threaded tasks, Integrates HD 2000 GPU, Somewhat more energy efficient |
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Drawbacks: Performs somewhat worse in single-threaded applications,
No on-chip graphics, Less energy efficient |
Drawbacks: Performs a bit worse in multi-threaded programs,
Lacks some instructions, Priced insignificantly higher, A bit worse price / performance ratio |
Similar processors
| FX-4300 | Core i3-2100 |
Similar CPUs use the same socket and architecture as FX-4300 and Intel Core i3-2100.
Specifications
| AMD FX-4300 | Intel Core i3-2100 | |
| Basic details | ||
| Market segment | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Family | AMD FX-Series | Intel Core i3 |
| Model number | FX-4300 | i3-2100 |
| CPU part number | FD4300WMW4MHK | CM8062301061600 |
| Box part number | FD4300WMHKBOX | BX80623I32100 BXC80623I32100 |
| Introduction date | October 23, 2012 | February 20, 2011 |
| Current official price | $108 (as of Apr 2013) | $117 (as of Jan 2013) |
| CPU features | ||
| Core name | Vishera | Sandy Bridge |
| Platform name | Volan | |
| Microarchitecture | Piledriver | Sandy Bridge |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 | |
| Data width (bits) | 64 | |
| Socket | Socket AM3+ | Socket 1155 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 3800 | 3100 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 4000 | |
| Clock Multiplier | 31 | |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) | 64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 4096 | 512 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 4096 | 3072 |
| Max temperature (°C) | 69.1 | |
| TDP (Watt) | 95 | 65 |
| Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Multiprocessing | 1 | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| AES / Advanced Encryption Standard | + | - |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + | |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | + | |
| F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion | + | - |
| FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + | - |
| FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + | - |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | + | |
| SSE4.2 | + | |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | + | |
| XOP / eXtended Operations | + | - |
| Supported technologies | ||
| Hyper-Threading | - | + |
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
| Virtualization | + | |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + | |
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| GPU Type | None | HD 2000 |
| Integrated Memory Controller(s) | ||
| The number of controllers | 1 | |
| Memory channels | 2 | |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1866 | DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333 |
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD FX-4300" or "Intel Core i3-2100" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a partial set of AMD FX-4300 and Intel Core i3-2100 benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database. The former processor was tested on ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard with 4GB dual-channel Crucial BallistixPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon). The latter processor was tested on ASUS P8P67 motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair TR3X3G1600C9 DDR3 memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon) graphics. For different system configurations please see tests of FX-4300 and Intel Core i3-2100 CPUs in our benchmark database.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-2100 single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark | ||
Longer is better  | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 99.6% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 74.9% | ||
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 93.8% | ||
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 98.1% | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 80.1% | ||
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 85.7% | ||
Super PI (1M) benchmark | ||
 Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 54.7% | ||
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 96.6% | ||
FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-2100 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
3DMark06 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 84.3% | ||
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 91.1% | ||
Apache web server - static pages benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 66.7% | ||
Blowfish encryption benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 90.7% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 99.4% | ||
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 99.4% | ||
CrystalMark ALU benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 88.7% | ||
CrystalMark FPU benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 97.5% | ||
Euler3D benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 98.8% | ||
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 84.4% | ||
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 88.2% | ||
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 80.7% | ||
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 88.7% | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 97.8% | ||
PCMark05 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 95.3% | ||
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
PCMark05 score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 97.2% | ||
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 96.6% | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 94.7% | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 61.2% | ||
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 60.5% | ||
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 79.2% | ||
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 79.9% | ||
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 94.3% | ||
FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-2100 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
3DMark03 game score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 99.3% | ||
3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 97.4% | ||
3DMark2001 score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 90.4% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 99.0% | ||
PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 98.7% | ||
FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-2100 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD FX-4300 Intel Core i3-2100 | ||
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 79.6% | ||
CrystalMark Memory benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 83.1% | ||
PCMark05 Memory score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 88.4% | ||
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 88.9% | ||
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 86.0% | ||
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD FX-4300 and Intel Core i3-2100 microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
| CPUID 1 | CPUID 2 | |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
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| CPU Family | FX-Series | Core i3 |
| Model / Processor Number | FX-4300 | i3-2100 |
| Frequency | 3812 MHz | 3110 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.4 | |
| Part number | FD4300WMW4MHK | CM8062301061600 |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | FA 1233PGT | SR05C |
| General information | ||
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Logical processors | 2 | 4 |
| Processor type | 4 | Original OEM Processor |
| CPUID signature | Original OEM Processor | 206A7 |
| Family | 600F20 | 6 (06h) |
| Model | 21 (015h) | 42 (02Ah) |
| Stepping | 2 (02h) | 7 (07h) |
| TLB/Cache details | 0 (00h) | 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
| Socket | AM3+ | |
| Cache | ||
| L1 data: Associativity | 4-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped | |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 data: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 data: Size | 4 x 16 KB | 2 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | 1 cache per 2 cores | Direct-mapped |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 instruction: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 instruction: Size | 2 x 64 KB | 2 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | 1 cache per 2 cores | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L2: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L2: Size | 2 x 2 MB | 2 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 32-way set associative | 12-way set associative |
| L3: Comments | Inclusive|Shared between all cores | |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L3: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L3: Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| AES | + | - |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + | - |
| AVX | + | |
| BMI | + | - |
| F16C | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| FMA4 | + | - |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | + | |
| SSE4.2 | + | |
| SSE4A | + | - |
| SSSE3 | + | |
| TBM | + | - |
| XOP | + | - |
| Additional instructions | ||
| Advanced Bit manipulation | + | - |
| CLFLUSH | + | |
| CMOV | + | |
| CMPXCHG16B | + | |
| CMPXCHG8B | + | |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + | |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + | |
| PCLMULDQ | + | |
| POPCNT | + | |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + | - |
| RDTSCP | + | |
| SKINIT / STGI support | + | - |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | - |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + | |
| XSAVE / XRESTORE states | + | |
| Major features | ||
| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | - | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + | |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + | |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | - |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | - |
| Turbo Core | + | - |
| Other features | ||
| 1 GB large page support | + | - |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + | - |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + | - |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + | |
| 64-bit debug store | - | + |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + | |
| CPL qualified debug store | - | + |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + | - |
| Debug store | - | + |
| Debugging extensions | + | |
| Digital Thermal Sensor capability | - | + |
| Extended APIC space | + | - |
| Hardware P-state control | + | - |
| Hardware thermal control | + | - |
| Instruction based sampling | + | - |
| LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + | |
| LBR virtualization | + | - |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + | - |
| Lightweight profiling support | + | - |
| Machine check architecture | + | |
| Machine check exception | + | |
| Memory-type range registers | + | |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + | - |
| Model-specific registers | + | |
| Nested page tables | + | - |
| OS visible workaround | + | - |
| Page attribute table | + | |
| Page global extension | + | |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + | |
| Pending break enable | - | + |
| Perfmon and Debug capability | - | + |
| Physical address extensions | + | |
| Power Limit Notification capability | - | + |
| Process context identifiers | - | + |
| SVM lock | + | - |
| Self-snoop | - | + |
| Support for NRIP save | + | - |
| THERMTRIP | + | - |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + | |
| Temperature sensor | + | - |
| Thermal monitor | - | + |
| Thermal monitor 2 | - | + |
| Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities | - | + |
| Time stamp counter | + | |
| Timestamp counter deadline | - | + |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + | |
| Watchdog timer support | + | - |
| xTPR Update Control | - | + |
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