AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE vs AMD FX-4100

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
AMD FX-4100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-4100

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4100

None

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BEAMD FX-4100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BEAMD FX-4100
ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD Bulldozer
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameDenebvsZambezi
Release DateJan 2011vsOct 2011

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BEAMD FX-4100
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BEAMD FX-4100
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs192 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs4096 KB
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BEAMD FX-4100
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size258mm²vs315mm²
Process45 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 975 BEAMD FX-4100
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock2000 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvs1.425 V
TDP125 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    2268 points
  • AMD FX-4100
    2301 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    9072 points
  • AMD FX-4100
    6966 points

Points - higher is better