Athlon Gold 3150G vs FX-4170

Place in the ranking	1960	1346
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.45	6.36
Architecture codename	Zambezi (2011−2012)	Dali (2020)
Release date	27 February 2012 (12 years ago)	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	315 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.1875 V - Max: 1.4125 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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	1
Socket	AM3+	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4-2933

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G.

PCIe version

n/a

4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-4170 1.91

Athlon Gold 3150G 4.37
+129%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

FX-4170 3034

Athlon Gold 3150G 6944
+129%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.91	4.37
Recency	27 February 2012	21 July 2020
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150G has a 128.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150G is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-4170 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between FX-4170 and Athlon Gold 3150G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.