N100 vs Athlon 3000G

Place in the ranking	1681	1556
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.62	54.38
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	no data
Release date	21 November 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and N100 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	35	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm²?	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and N100 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and N100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
GPIO	no data	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Athlon 3000G and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

OS Guard

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and N100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon Vega 3	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	750 MHz
Execution Units	no data	24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 3000G and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 3000G and N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 3000G and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and N100.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	9
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon 3000G 2.82

N100 3.45
+22.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 3000G 4476

N100 5478
+22.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.82	3.45
Integrated graphics card	2.98	5.58
Recency	21 November 2019	1 January 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	6 Watt

N100 has a 22.3% higher aggregate performance score, 87.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

The N100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 3000G in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 3000G is a desktop processor while N100 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 3000G and N100, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.