AMD E2-1800 vs Intel Core i3-2100

AMD E2-1800
AMD Socket FT1DESKTOP
1700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
AMD E2-1800
Intel Core i3-2100
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD E2-1800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    393%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD E2-1800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    353%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD E2-1800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    433%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD E2-1800

47 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2100

Much higher single threaded performance (around 253% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 333% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 293% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-2100

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-2100

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2100

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


Specifications

Features

AMD E2-1800Intel Core i3-2100
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4a
AMD64
PowerNow!
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD E2-1800Intel Core i3-2100
ArchitectureAMD BobcatvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZacatevsSandy Bridge
Release DateJun 2012vsFeb 2011

Cores

AMD E2-1800Intel Core i3-2100
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7340vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD E2-1800Intel Core i3-2100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD E2-1800Intel Core i3-2100
SocketAMD Socket FT1vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp100°Cvsunknown
PackageBGA2vsFC-LGA10
Die Size75mm²vs131mm²
Process40 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD E2-1800Intel Core i3-2100
Cpu Frequency1700 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvsunknown
TDP18 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD E2-1800
    1700 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    3100 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD E2-1800
    3400 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    7440 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD E2-1800
    1094
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    4739

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD E2-1800
    627
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    2215

points - higher is better