AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

AMD Ryzen 3 3100
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2020
AMD Ryzen 3 3100
AMD Athlon X4 970
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
AMD Athlon X4 970

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    272%
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    215%
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    329%
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Much higher single threaded performance (around 115% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 229% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 172% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970

None

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3100

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD Athlon X4 970
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
3DNow!
SSE4
FMA4
TBM
XOP
Turbo Core

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD Athlon X4 970
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatissevsBristol Ridge
Release DateApr 2020vsJul 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD Athlon X4 970
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD Athlon X4 970
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD Athlon X4 970
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvs74°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsuPGA
Die Size74mm²vs246mm²
Process7 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD Athlon X4 970
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    4368 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    2760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    19676 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    9124 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (simulated)
    182.87
  • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
    84.76

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (simulated)
    1050.5
  • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
    319

points - higher is better