FX-8100 vs Athlon II M300

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M300 and FX-8100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1647
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.62
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)	12 October 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$40	$78

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and FX-8100 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	no data	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	315 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and FX-8100 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	no data	1
Socket	Socket S1 (S1g3)	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and FX-8100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization, DDR2 400 MHz Memory Controller	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and FX-8100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and FX-8100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M300 and FX-8100.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2009	12 October 2011
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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