FX-8100 vs Celeron G460

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron G460 and FX-8100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data2.54
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date12 December 2011 (12 years ago)12 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron G460 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 cores1 (Single-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB384 KB
L2 cache256 KB8 MB
L3 cache1.5 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size131 mm2315 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G460 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1155AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G460 and FX-8100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Celeron G460 and FX-8100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G460 and FX-8100 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 Celeron G460 and FX-8100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G460 and FX-8100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G460 and FX-8100.

PCIe version2.02.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Celeron G460 469
FX-8100 4055
+765%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron G460 285
FX-8100 411
+44.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron G460 385
FX-8100 1819
+372%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 December 2011 12 October 2011
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Celeron G460 has an age advantage of 2 months, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

FX-8100, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron G460 and FX-8100. We've got no test results to judge.


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