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Advantages of the FX-4170

  • Consumes up to 43% less energy than the FX-9590 – 125 vs 220 Watts

Advantages of the FX-9590

  • A slightly faster gaming CPU than the FX-4170
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than the FX-4170 – 8 vs 4 threads

FX-4170 vs FX-9590 for Gaming

The CPU's performance in selected game and settings

AMD FX-4170 Logo

FX-4170

Feb 27th, 2012


Average FPS

167

99%

Min 1% FPS

112

99%

Price, £

Out of Stock

Value, £/FPS

Not Available


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AMD FX-9590 Logo

FX-9590

Jun 11th, 2013


Average FPS

169

100%

Min 1% FPS

113

100%

Price, £

Out of Stock

Value, £/FPS

Not Available


All items are out of stock

FX-4170 vs FX-9590 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The FX-4170 vs FX-9590 in synthetic CPU benchmarks

AMD FX-4170 Logo

FX-4170

Feb 27th, 2012


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

462

87%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

1197

56%

AMD FX-9590 Logo

FX-9590

Jun 11th, 2013


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

533

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

2151

100%

Performance Specifications

The FX-4170 vs FX-9590 in core CPU performance specifications

AMD FX-4170 Logo

FX-4170

Feb 27th, 2012


Cores

2-core

25%

L3 Cache

8 MB

100%


Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

89%

Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

86%

Max. DDR3 RAM Speed

MHz

AMD FX-9590 Logo

FX-9590

Jun 11th, 2013


Cores

8-core

100%

L3 Cache

8 MB

100%


Base Frequency

4.7 GHz

100%

Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

100%

Max. DDR3 RAM Speed

1866 MHz

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

AMD FX-4170 Logo

FX-4170

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

AMD FX-9590 Logo

FX-9590

General
Feb 27th, 2012Release Date
Jun 11th, 2013
Not AvailableMSRPNot Available
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
AMD Socket AM3+SocketAMD Socket AM3+
ZambeziCodenameVishera
125 W
Power Consumption220 W
Performance
2Cores
8
4Threads
8
4.2 GHzBase Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.3 GHzTurbo Frequency
5.0 GHz
8 MBL3 Cache8 MB
Other Features
DDR3RAMDDR3 @ 1866 MHz
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Integrated GraphicsOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
YesOverclockableYes

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