Pentium G4500 vs FX-4100

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Aggregate performance score

FX-4100
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.71

Pentium G4500 outperforms FX-4100 by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20632011
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.31
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.643.27
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date12 October 2011 (13 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$82

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache192 KB128 KB
L2 cache4096 KB512 KB
L3 cache8192 KB3 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.1 V - Max: 1.4125 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 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+FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4100 and Pentium G4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4100 and Pentium G4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 530
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-4100 and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4100 and Pentium G4500.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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-4100 1.71
Pentium G4500 1.83
+7%

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.

FX-4100 2616
Pentium G4500 2793
+6.8%

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.

FX-4100 397
Pentium G4500 705
+77.6%

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.

FX-4100 1005
Pentium G4500 1142
+13.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.71 1.83
Recency 12 October 2011 1 September 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 51 Watt

FX-4100 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium G4500, on the other hand, has a 7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 86.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between FX-4100 and Pentium G4500.


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