AMD FX-4170 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-4170 and AMD Phenom II X3 720 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-4170

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 54% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1469 vs 1105
• Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3047 vs 1575
• Around 41% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 529 vs 374
• Around 52% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1474 vs 968

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 720

• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-4170
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 720

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1469 1105
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3047 1575
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	529 374
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1474 968

Compare specifications (specs)