AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs AMD FX-4100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD FX
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000U AMD FX-4100/4200

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.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.00 GHz 3.80 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.10 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-4100 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 2300U and AMD FX-4100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 95 W
• TDP up
  25 W --
• TDP down
  12 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 2300U and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raven Ridge (Zen) Zambezi (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FP5 AM3+
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q4/2011