Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Athlon 64 3100+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3110not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Power efficiency1.13no data
Architecture codenameLima (2008−2009)Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release dateApril 2008 (16 years ago)17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache128K768 KB
L2 cache512K12 MB
L3 cacheno data64 MB
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °Cno data
Number of transistors122 million9900 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM2FL1
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 24
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 55 Watt

Athlon 64 3100+ has 120% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7840HX, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 3100+ and Ryzen 9 7840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 3100+ is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7840HX is a notebook one.


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