E2-9000 vs FX-4170

Place in the ranking	1955	2781
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.44	5.74
Architecture codename	Zambezi (2011−2012)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	27 February 2012 (12 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-4170 and E2-9000 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	4.2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	4096 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	8192 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	315 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	1200 Million
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 E2-9000 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	no data
Socket	AM3+	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4170 and E2-9000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4170 and E2-9000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4170 and E2-9000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4170 and E2-9000.

PCIe version

n/a

no data

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 1.98
+214%

E2-9000 0.63

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
+214%

E2-9000 967

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.98	0.63
Recency	27 February 2012	1 June 2016
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	10 Watt