AMD FX-4170 vs AMD Athlon II X4 760K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-4100/4200 AMD Athlon II (Richland)
• Family
  AMD FX AMD Athlon II
• Generation
  1 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.4 GHz 4.1 GHz

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 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X4 760K and AMD FX-4170. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-4170 and AMD Athlon II X4 760K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 100 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-4170 and AMD Athlon II X4 760K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Zambezi (Bulldozer) Richland
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q2/2013
• Socket
  AM3+ FM2
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None