AMD Athlon II 170u

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II 170u can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD Athlon II 170u

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+,AM3

Clockspeed: 2.0 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: 20 W

Cache Size: L1: 128 KB, L2: 1.0 MB,

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II 170u Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 14.16

Overall Rank: 3728

Last Price Change: $24.00 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark

340

Single Thread Rating: 719²
Samples: 73*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 628
Thread: 634

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II 170u

Integer Math	900 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	711 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	2 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	87.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7.7 MBytes/Sec
Physics	44 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	175 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	719 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of February 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II 170u

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of February 2023

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of February 2023.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,582
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,752
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,688
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,160
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,956
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,932
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,563
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,794
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,557
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,266
AMD Athlon II 170u		340

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		187.31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		132.12
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		116.36
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.83
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.97
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		49.01
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		31.20
AMD Athlon II 170u		14.16
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,208
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,059
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,826
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,730
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,665
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II 170u		719

Last 4 Baselines for AMD Athlon II 170u
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5023989 - Oct 16 2022		273
BL1378513 - Mar 05 2021		387
BL1378485 - Mar 05 2021		383
BL1377818 - Mar 04 2021		295

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II 170u
As of 6th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II 170u		340
AMD Athlon II 160u vs AMD Athlon II 170u		358 (+5.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ vs AMD Athlon II 170u		303 (-11.0%)
AMD Athlon LE-1600 vs AMD Athlon II 170u		412 (+21.3%)
AMD Sempron LE-1300 vs AMD Athlon II 170u		400 (+17.7%)
AMD Sempron 3300+ vs AMD Athlon II 170u		315 (-7.4%)
AMD Athlon 2650e vs AMD Athlon II 170u		274 (-19.3%)
AMD Sempron 3000+ vs AMD Athlon II 170u		268 (-21.3%)
AMD Sempron 2800+ vs AMD Athlon II 170u		243 (-28.6%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II 170u		4,112 (+1109.7%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II 170u		3,383 (+895.0%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II 170u		2,601 (+665.2%)
AMD Sempron 145 vs AMD Athlon II 170u		506 (+48.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon II 170u Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,480
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,797
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,574
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,104
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,698
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,679
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,650
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,562
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,510
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,437
AMD Athlon II 170u		187

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