Atom Z670 vs FX-4170
Primary details
Comparing FX-4170 and Atom Z670 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1935 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 1.45 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Zambezi (2011−2012) | Lincroft (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 27 February 2012 (12 years ago) | 11 April 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $75 |
Detailed specifications
FX-4170 and Atom Z670 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 4.2 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | cDMI |
| Bus rate | no data | 400 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 8 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | 65 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 61 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | 140 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 Atom Z670 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM3+ | T-PBGA518 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 3 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4170 and Atom Z670. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
FX-4170 and Atom Z670 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4170 and Atom Z670 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 FX-4170 and Atom Z670. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2.93 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 3.2 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | PowerVR SGX535 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of FX-4170 and Atom Z670 integrated GPUs.
| LVDS | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4170 and Atom Z670.
| PCIe version | n/a | no data |
| PCI support | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 February 2012 | 11 April 2011 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 3 Watt |
FX-4170 has an age advantage of 10 months, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Atom Z670, on the other hand, has 4066.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FX-4170 and Atom Z670. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that FX-4170 is a desktop processor while Atom Z670 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between FX-4170 and Atom Z670, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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