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AMD FX-4170 vs Apple M4 (10-CPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD FX-4170
21 %
4C / 4T · 4.40 GHz
Apple M4 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-4170
11 %
4C / 4T · 4.40 GHz
Apple M4 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 0.91 GHz
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AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD FX (30) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD FX-4100/4200 (5) | Apple M4 (7) |
| Architecture | Zambezi (Bulldozer) | M4 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | AM3+ | |
| Predecessor | Apple M3 | |
| Successor | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 4.20 - 4.40 GHz |
4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.89 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M4 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
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AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 125 W | 25 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
AMD FX-4170 | Apple M4 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Unknown | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q2/2024 |
| Release price | 120 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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