Intel Core i3-4170 vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 AMD Ryzen 4000G
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Ryzen
• Generation
  4 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 4000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Core Configuration
  - 4x Zen 2
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4 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.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  20 -
• Generation
  7.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 None
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 -
• Shader
  160 -
• Technology
  22 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 4100 and Intel Core i3-4170. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 51.2 GB/s
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-4170 and AMD Ryzen 3 4100 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  54 W 65 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-4170 and AMD Ryzen 3 4100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Renoir (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 2022-04-04
• Socket
  LGA 1150 AM4
• Technology
  22 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Renoir
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• L1-Cache
  - 0.25 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000510BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000510
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth