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Intel Core i3-4170 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 63 %

Intel Core i3-4170

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 15 %

Intel Core i3-4170

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,140

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,719

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

2,394

12C / 24T · 4.60 GHz

10,689

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

830

12C / 24T · 4.70 GHz

1,414

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,932

12C / 24T · 4.60 GHz

12,974

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,003

12C / 24T · 4.10 GHz

8,118

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
Architecture	Haswell S	Matisse (Zen 2)
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor		AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	12 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	12x
Frequency:	3.70 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		4.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	64.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4400	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
TDP	54 W	105 W
TDP (PL2)		142 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4170	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2015	Q2/2020
Release price	117 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-4170 is 4.0 stars (26 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT has received 4.7 stars (15 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-4170
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
12C / 24T · 4.10 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★