AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i3 4170

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Intel Core i3 4170

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz 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 5 3500X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1600)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 3MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)

Intel Core i3 4170 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Lower TDP (54W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +31%

1166

Intel Core i3 4170

887

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +247%

6717

Intel Core i3 4170

1935

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +64%

1650

Intel Core i3 4170

1001

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +236%

6523

Intel Core i3 4170

1938

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i3 4170

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Mar 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Haswell

-

Processor Number

i3-4170

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1150

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 4400

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

54 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

2

-

Performance Core Threads

4

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

6

Total Core Count

2

6

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

-

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

3 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600

-

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

25.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i3 4170

4

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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