i3-7100E vs FX-7600P

Primary details

Comparing FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2081	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	4.41	no data
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$225

Detailed specifications

FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	BGA (FP3)	8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	29
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	3 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	245 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,410 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP3	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
FRTC	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 630
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-7600P and Core i3-7100E.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 June 2014	3 January 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

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