A6-3600 vs FX-4170

Place in the ranking	1969	2426
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.45	1.56
Architecture codename	Zambezi (2011−2012)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	27 February 2012 (12 years ago)	30 June 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-4170 and A6-3600 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	315 mm²	228 mm²
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.1875 V - Max: 1.4125 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-4170 and A6-3600 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM3+	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4170 and A6-3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4170 and A6-3600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4170 and A6-3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon HD 6530D

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4170 and A6-3600.

PCIe version

n/a

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-4170 1.92
+79.4%

A6-3600 1.07

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

FX-4170 3047
+79.6%

A6-3600 1697

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

FX-4170 462
+79.8%

A6-3600 257

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

FX-4170 1197
+51.7%

A6-3600 789