AMD Athlon 3000G vs FX-8140

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Combined performance score

FX-8140
3.16
+8.2%

FX-8140 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 8% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking14871535
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.8710.52
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Zen+ (2018−2020)
Release date23 October 2012 (11 years old)21 November 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$49
Current price$145 $131 (2.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 1109% better value for money than FX-8140.

Technical specs

FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache384 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2209.78 mm2?
Number of transistors1,200 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G 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)
SocketAM3+AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
PowerNowno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB?
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-8140 3.16
+8.2%
Athlon 3000G 2.92

FX-8140 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 8% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

FX-8140 4860
+8.3%
Athlon 3000G 4488

FX-8140 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 8% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.16 2.92
Recency 23 October 2012 21 November 2019
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between FX-8140 and Athlon 3000G. The differences in performance seem too small.


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