FX-4170 vs Atom Z500

Place in the ranking	3283	1960
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	23.30	1.45
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	27 February 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and FX-4170 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	1 (Single-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	1	4
Base clock speed	no data	4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	4096 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	8192 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	24.18 mm²	315 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	61 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	1,200 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.1875 V - Max: 1.4125 V
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and FX-4170 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA441	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and FX-4170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170.

PCIe version

no data

n/a

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.16	1.91
Recency	2 April 2008	27 February 2012
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm

FX-4170 has a 1093.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The FX-4170 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom Z500 is a notebook processor while FX-4170 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z500 and FX-4170, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.