AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 4.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 125 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 136.11

Overall Rank:
2950th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2729th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
819th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $22.95 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3124

Single Thread Rating

1490

Samples: 570*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,090
Thread: 1,430

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core

Integer Math	10,618 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,412 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	20 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,618 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	983.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	51,788 KBytes/Sec
Physics	331 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,546 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,490 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,292
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,083
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,124

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		136.11
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		1,490

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3114539 - Dec 07 2025		3283
BL3097380 - Dec 01 2025		3246
BL3086626 - Nov 27 2025		3404
BL3086625 - Nov 27 2025		3404
BL3082904 - Nov 25 2025		3166

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

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,124
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,688 (+18.1%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		2,628 (-15.9%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,467 (+11.0%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,008 (-3.7%)
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		2,868 (-8.2%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		2,556 (-18.2%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		2,615 (-16.3%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		2,354 (-24.6%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		1,891 (-39.5%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		1,750 (-44.0%)
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,695 (+18.3%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		3,667 (+17.4%)

Is the AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,429
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core		866

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