AMD FX-4170 vs AMD Athlon X4 840

What is the difference between AMD FX-4170 and AMD Athlon X4 840. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4170
AMD Athlon X4 840
AMD Athlon X4 840

Performance (Benchmarks)

508Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score478
1457Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1419
PassMark CPU Mark Rating3305
PassMark Single Thread Rating1493
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1536

Processor Specs

AMD FX-4170ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 840
4200 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
4300 MHzMaximum Frequency3800 MHz
2Cores4
4Threads4
125 WTDP65 W
ZambeziCodenameKaveri
Socket AM3+ (942)PackageSocket FM2+ (906)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

498Single-Core Score475
1151Multi-Core Score606
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.2
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M68MT-S2ModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M68MT-S2MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A68HM-S1

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-4170NameAMD Athlon X4 840
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 1 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 48 Stepping 1
3.70 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache96.0 KB x 2
16.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 2L2 Cache2.00 MB x 2
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

7.76 GBSize7.78 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

498Single-Core Score475
787Crypto Score878
496Integer Score533
453Floating Point Score 283
787
1.34 GB/sec		AES-XTS878
1.50 GB/sec
608
3.07 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)546
2.76 MB/sec
583
27.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression661
31.3 Mpixels/sec
549
1.55 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)522
1.47 MTE/sec
475
557.8 KElements/sec		HTML5544
638.6 KElements/sec
480
150.5 Krows/sec		SQLite629
197.2 Krows/sec
503
27.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering530
28.7 Mpixels/sec
371
118.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering463
147.6 KB/sec
485
3.78 Klines/sec		Clang615
4.79 Klines/sec
451
5.22 images/sec		Camera356
4.13 images/sec
391
488.7 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics214
268.3 Kpairs/sec
346
2144.9 FPS		Rigid Body Physics262
1625.2 FPS
340
18.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur148
8.11 Mpixels/sec
433
3.33 images/sec		Face Detection365
2.81 images/sec
359
8.86 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection259
6.38 Mpixels/sec
960
47.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting588
28.8 Mpixels/sec
992
13.5 Mpixels/sec		HDR807
11.0 Mpixels/sec
503
404.3 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing316
254.1 Kpixels/sec
357
3.20 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion223
2.00 Kpixels/sec
573
18.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition200
6.39 Words/sec
237
9.15 images/sec		Machine Learning181
7.00 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1151Multi-Core Score606
1718Crypto Score936
1131Integer Score669
1101Floating Point Score 413
1718
2.93 GB/sec		AES-XTS936
1.59 GB/sec
1738
8.79 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)606
3.07 MB/sec
1495
70.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression793
37.5 Mpixels/sec
1229
3.47 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)624
1.76 MTE/sec
707
830.4 KElements/sec		HTML5703
826.0 KElements/sec
872
273.2 Krows/sec		SQLite892
279.5 Krows/sec
1019
55.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering697
37.8 Mpixels/sec
1028
327.6 KB/sec		Text Rendering488
155.4 KB/sec
1242
9.68 Klines/sec		Clang714
5.56 Klines/sec
1183
13.7 images/sec		Camera584
6.76 images/sec
1079
1.35 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics324
405.7 Kpairs/sec
1023
6340.9 FPS		Rigid Body Physics485
3002.6 FPS
1139
62.6 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur537
29.5 Mpixels/sec
1053
8.11 images/sec		Face Detection370
2.85 images/sec
966
23.8 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection291
7.17 Mpixels/sec
1716
84.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting497
24.4 Mpixels/sec
2389
32.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR842
11.5 Mpixels/sec
1557
1.25 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing525
421.3 Kpixels/sec
899
8.06 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion320
2.87 Kpixels/sec
1059
33.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition303
9.68 Words/sec
371
14.3 images/sec		Machine Learning309
12.0 images/sec