AMD Athlon II 170u
Intel Core i3-2100
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AMD Athlon II 170u vs Intel Core i3-2100. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2010
AMD Athlon II 170u
AMD Athlon II 170u
Released
Q1/2011
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Intel Core i3-2100
Intel Core i3-2100

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II 170u or Intel Core i3-2100? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II 170u has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. 1 / 1 Cores. Power consumption of 20 W. Released in Q3/2010.

Intel Core i3-2100 has a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2011.

Differences

  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    20 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II 170u CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1381 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1543 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 35% better clock speed

    3.10 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    2 left arrow 1

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-2100 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1536 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
Intel Core i3-2100 Intel Core i3-2100
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow Intel Core i3
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II 100u left arrow Intel Core i 2000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 2
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    2.00 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel HD Graphics 2000
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.85 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • Execution units
    left arrow 6
  • Shader
    left arrow 48
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 2
  • Generation
    left arrow 6
  • Technology
    left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q1/2011
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-2100 and AMD Athlon II 170u. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR2DDR3 left arrow DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II 170u and Intel Core i3-2100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    20 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II 170u and AMD Athlon II 170u, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
  • L2-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 3.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Sargas left arrow Sandy Bridge S
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow LGA 1155
  • Release date
    Q3/2010 left arrow Q1/2011

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II 170u and Intel Core i3-2100.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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