Ryzen 9 3900X vs E1-2100

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Primary details

Comparing E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated238
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data33.36
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD E-SeriesAMD Ryzen 9
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499
Current price$172 $403 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB64 MB
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million19,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3AM4
Power consumption (TDP)9 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR3L-1333 RAM, PCIe 3 [?], MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NIno data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4no data
AVX++
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management-no data
VirusProtect+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8210-
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics1-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan1-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-2100 and Ryzen 9 3900X.

PCIe version2.0no data

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

E1-2100 401
Ryzen 9 3900X 32647
+8041%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 8041% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

E1-2100 93
Ryzen 9 3900X 1695
+1723%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 1723% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

E1-2100 163
Ryzen 9 3900X 9929
+5991%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 5991% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

E1-2100 765
Ryzen 9 3900X 6019
+687%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 687% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

E1-2100 1435
Ryzen 9 3900X 45539
+3073%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 3073% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

E1-2100 772
Ryzen 9 3900X 14889
+1829%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 1829% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

E1-2100 106.95
Ryzen 9 3900X 2.69
+3876%

E1-2100 outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by 3876% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

E1-2100 0
Ryzen 9 3900X 34
+7109%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 7109% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

E1-2100 36
Ryzen 9 3900X 3049
+8369%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 8369% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

E1-2100 20
Ryzen 9 3900X 207
+935%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 935% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

E1-2100 0.24
Ryzen 9 3900X 2.36
+883%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 883% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E1-2100 0.3
Ryzen 9 3900X 10.8
+3483%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 3483% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E1-2100 492
Ryzen 9 3900X 7534
+1433%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 1433% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E1-2100 3
Ryzen 9 3900X 147
+5365%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 5365% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E1-2100 15
Ryzen 9 3900X 268
+1721%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms E1-2100 by 1721% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 7 July 2019
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 9 Watt 125 Watt

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