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FX-4170 vs Ryzen 9 7900X

FX-4170 vs Ryzen 9 7900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Ryzen 9 7900X

4.7 GHz | 12-core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
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FPS Winner

Ryzen 9 7900X

4.7 GHz | 12-core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
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Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms FX-4170 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 3865 days newer than FX-4170.

Advantages of FX-4170

  • Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 125 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X

  • Performs up to 16% better in Forza Horizon 4 than FX-4170 - 341 vs 294 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-4170 - 24 vs 4 threads
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Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD FX-4170 Logo
FX-4170

Desktop • Feb 27th, 2012


FPS

294

86%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

341

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.73/FPS

100%

Price, £

£929.89

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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In Stock

Updated 452 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

AMD FX-4170 Logo
FX-4170

Desktop • Feb 27th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD FX-4170 Logo
FX-4170

Desktop • Feb 27th, 2012


Single-Core

462

16%

Multi-Core

1197

7%

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2953

100%

Multi-Core

17898

100%

AMD FX-4170 Logo

FX-4170

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo

Ryzen 9 7900X

Feb 27th, 2012Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
FXCollectionRyzen 9
ZambeziCodenameRaphael
AMD Socket AM3+SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
12
4Threads
24
4.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
4.3 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.6 GHz
125 W
TDP170 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
21.0xMultiplier
47.0x
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
YesOverclockableYes

Builds Using FX-4170 or Ryzen 9 7900X

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