FX-4170 vs Atom Z500

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and FX-4170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1955
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data1.44
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)27 February 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$45no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and FX-4170 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate400 MT/sno data
Multiplier8no data
L1 cache56 KB192 KB
L2 cache512 KB4096 KB
L3 cache0 KB8192 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size24.18 mm2315 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C61 °C
Number of transistors47 Million1,200 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
P0 Vcore voltageno dataMin: 1.1875 V - Max: 1.4125 V
VID voltage range0.80 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and FX-4170 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA441AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)0.65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and FX-4170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and FX-4170.

PCIe versionno datan/a

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 27 February 2012
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm

FX-4170 has an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z500 and FX-4170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom Z500 is a notebook processor while FX-4170 is a desktop one.


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