Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 vs AMD FX-4100

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5		AMD FX-4100
CPU comparison Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 or AMD FX-4100 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 was released in Q4/2015. The AMD FX-4100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-4100 was released in Q4/2011.

Intel Xeon E3 (43)	Family	AMD FX (30)
Intel Xeon E3 v5 (17)	CPU group	AMD FX-4100/4200 (5)
5	Generation	1
Skylake S	Architecture	Zambezi (Bulldozer)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz). The AMD FX-4100 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (3.80 GHz).
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	Characteristic	AMD FX-4100
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.30 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	Characteristic	AMD FX-4100
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics P530	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel HD Graphics P530	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-4100 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	Characteristic	AMD FX-4100
DDR4-2133	Memory	DDR3-1866
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
16	PCIe lanes	--
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 has a TDP of 80 W, that of the AMD FX-4100 is 95 W.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	Characteristic	AMD FX-4100
80 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD FX-4100 cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	Characteristic	AMD FX-4100
14 nm	Technology	32 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
LGA 1151	Socket	AM3+
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2015	Release date	Q4/2011
--	Release price	90 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 (100%)

AMD FX-4100 (44%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 (78%)

AMD FX-4100 (68%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1068 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	469 (44%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3528 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1294 (37%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	5947 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4051 (68%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	616.6 (35%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1776.4 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1389 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	4027 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 Intel HD Graphics P530 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	636 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	155 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	568 (100%)
	AMD FX-4100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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