Ryzen 9 9900X vs Athlon XP 3100+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated109
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data63.40
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data27.24
Architecture codenameThorton (2001−2003)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release dateDecember 2003 (20 years ago)15 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X 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 data4.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz5.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data2x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors63 million16,630 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X 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 configuration11
SocketAAM5
Power consumption (TDP)68 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon XP 3100+ and Ryzen 9 9900X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 XP 3100+ 282
Ryzen 9 9900X 54865
+19356%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 24
Chip lithography 130 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 120 Watt

Athlon XP 3100+ has 76.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 9900X, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 3150% more advanced lithography process.

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