AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i3 4170

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i3 4170 with 2 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR3-1600)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 3MB)

Intel Core i3 4170 's Advantages

Lower TDP (54W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +129%

2033

Intel Core i3 4170

887

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +1411%

29242

Intel Core i3 4170

1935

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +193%

2942

Intel Core i3 4170

1001

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +885%

19092

Intel Core i3 4170

1938

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +1027%

406

Intel Core i3 4170

36

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +166%

2277

Intel Core i3 4170

855

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +1024%

20503

Intel Core i3 4170

1823

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +109%

4317

Intel Core i3 4170

2056

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +1363%

52013

Intel Core i3 4170

3555

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i3 4170

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Mar 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Haswell

-

Processor Number

i3-4170

AM5

Socket

LGA-1150

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 4400

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-1150

170 W

Power Consumption

54 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

2

24

Performance Core Threads

4

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

2

24

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47x

Multiplier

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

3 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

25.6 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i3 4170

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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