Mini Review
AMD FX-4170 advantages
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- The AMD FX-4170 processor is 3% faster when running single-threaded tasks. In some programs, it is up to 13% faster.
- Multi-threaded performance of the microprocessor is higher. The performance advantage depends on specific program. In some of them the AMD FX-4170 could be up to 9% faster.
- Memory performance of the CPU is better.
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AMD FX-4300 advantages
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- The processor incorporates F16C and FMA3 instructions, introduced in the recent past. These extensions are not extensively used in programs yet, however their support should improve in future apps.
- The FX-4300 is 24% more energy efficient.
- The official price of the AMD FX-4300 is much lower than the price of the FX-4170.
- The FX-4300 has 23% better price/performance ratio.
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FX-4170 vs FX-4300 performance comparison
| The charts demonstrate relative performance of FX-4170 and FX-4300 microprocessors in different kinds of tasks. The results in the charts are calculated from a number of benchmarks, that you can see in the "Benchmarks" tab. As a result, the displayed results may differ from results, that you may receive in individual tests. The 'Overall performance' chart calculates an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each application type. The 'Price-performance ratio' chart shows how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. The cost of other system parts is not included in the ratio chart. |
Single-threaded performance Higher is better |
Multi-threaded performance Higher is better |
Memory-intensive applications Higher is better |
Discrete Graphics performance Higher is better |
Overall performance Higher is better |
Price / performance ratio Higher is better |
- AMD FX-4170 - AMD FX-4300
Exhaustive list of benchmarks, that show performance difference between AMD FX-4170 and FX-4300 in various types of programs, can be seen in the "Benchmarks" tab.
FX-4170 vs FX-4300 power consumption and price comparison
Thermal Design Power Lower is better |
Current official price Lower is better |
Detailed side by side comparison of FX-4170 vs FX-4300 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of internal features of both processors is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| FX-4170 | | FX-4300 |
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General recommendations: Insignificantly faster in all kinds of applications
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General recommendations: Features F16C / FMA3 instructions, Needs less power, Cheaper, Somewhat better price / performance ratio
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Drawbacks: Does not support some instructions, Requires somewhat more power, Priced somewhat higher, Worse price / performance ratio
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Drawbacks: Performs slightly worse in all types of applications
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Similar processors
Similar microprocessors use the same socket and architecture as AMD FX-4170 and AMD FX-4300, but their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.
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Specifications
Please visit AMD FX-4170 and AMD FX-4300 pages for more detailed specifications of both microprocessors.
| | AMD FX-4170 | AMD FX-4300 |
| Market segment | Desktop |
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Family | FX-Series |
| Basic details |
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| Model number | FX-4170 | FX-4300 |
| CPU part number | FD4170FRW4KGU | FD4300WMW4MHK |
| Box part number | FD4170FRGUBOX | FD4300WMHKBOX |
| Introduction date | February 27, 2012 | October 23, 2012 |
| Current official price | $122 (as of Sep 2014) | $97 (as of Sep 2014) |
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| CPU features |
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| Core name | Zambezi | Vishera |
| Platform name | Scorpius | Volan |
| Microarchitecture | Bulldozer | Piledriver |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 |
| Socket | Socket AM3+ |
| Frequency (MHz) | 4200 | 3800 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 4300 / 4300 / - / - | 4000 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 4096 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 8192 | 4096 |
| TDP (Watt) | 125 | 95 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Threads | 4 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES / Advanced Encryption Standard | + |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | + |
| BMI1 / Bit Manipulation | - | + |
| F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion | - | + |
| FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add | - | + |
| FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | + |
| XOP / eXtended Operations | + |
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| Supported technologies |
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| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
| Virtualization | + |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + |
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| Integrated Graphics |
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| GPU Type | None |
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| Integrated Memory Controller(s) |
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| The number of controllers | 1 |
| Memory channels | 2 |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1866 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 29.9 |
Notes:
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD FX-4170" or "AMD FX-4300" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a complete set of AMD FX-4170 and FX-4300 benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database.
Both microprocessors were tested on ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard with 4GB dual-channel Crucial BallistixPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon) graphics.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
FX-4170 vs FX-4300 single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend
on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading
technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches,
dedicated to other cores.
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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3DMark03 CPU score benchmark
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Uses DirectX software vertex shader to run Wings of Fury and Trolls'
Lair games, and calculates a 3DMark03 CPU score based on averaged
number of frames per second, achieved by the CPU/GPU combination.
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| 100% |
| 98.0% |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark
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Measures performance of a single-core rendering of a photo-realistic
3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 99.2% |
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports the number of songs, converted by a single CPU core from WAV to
FLAC format using the best possible compression.
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| 100% |
| 97.3% |
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by one CPU thread from MPEG2
format to H.264 format using high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 98.5% |
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by one CPU core per one minute.
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| 100% |
| 98.3% |
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 98.6% |
Super PI (1M) benchmark
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Measures time, required to calculate the first 1 million digits
after the decimal point in the number Pi.
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| 100% |
| 88.5% |
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by a single CPU core from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion method.
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| 100% |
| 99.4% |
FX-4170 vs FX-4300 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip
resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's
Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading
performance.
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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3DMark06 CPU score benchmark
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Estimates processor performance based on how fast it runs such
CPU-intensive code as game logic, physics and pathfinding AI. The
test requires DirectX 9.0.
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| 100% |
| 98.3% |
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark
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Shows an average number of dynamic HTML pages served per second by
local instance of Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater
error margin than other tests.
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| 100% |
| 98.5% |
Apache web server - static pages benchmark
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Shows an average number of very simple static HTML pages served per
second by local Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater
error margin than other tests.
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| 100% |
| 97.4% |
Blowfish encryption benchmark
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Reports encryption speed of pre-defined 32KB text block. The data is
encrypted using Blowfish algorithm.
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| 100% |
| 95.0% |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark
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Measures performance of multi-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D
image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 96.6% |
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark
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Measures time taken to render a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA
4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 96.6% |
CrystalMark ALU benchmark
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Runs Fibonacci, Napierian, Eratosthenes and QuickSort integer
performance tests on all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
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| 100% |
| 95.9% |
CrystalMark FPU benchmark
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Executes MikoFPU, RandMeanSS, FFT and Mandelbrot FPU-dependent tests
using all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
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| 100% |
| 94.8% |
Euler3D benchmark
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| 100% |
| 94.1% |
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports the number of songs, converted from WAV to FLAC
format by all CPU cores using the best possible compression.
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| 100% |
| 93.3% |
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark
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| 100% |
| 91.7% |
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors
from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using single-pass method and high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 95.5% |
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors
from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using multi-threading system calls,
dual-pass method and high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 98.2% |
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by all CPU cores per one minute.
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| 100% |
| 96.2% |
MySQL 5.0.96 - selecting data benchmark
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Shows sustained number of SQL requests per second
served by local instance of MySQL server v5.0.96. This test scales
well with the number of CPU cores.
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| 100% |
| 91.1% |
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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PCMark05 CPU score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 98.6% |
PCMark05 score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 99.3% |
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark
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Runs Dhrystone test on all cores, and reports estimated integer
performance in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 89.7% |
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 94.4% |
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 93.0% |
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark
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Runs Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point
performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 93.9% |
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark
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Runs SSE2-enabled Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated
floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point
Operations Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 90.7% |
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by all CPU cores
from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion
method.
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| 100% |
| 95.4% |
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark
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wPrime benchmark measures time taken to calculate square roots of
numbers from 1 to 33554431.
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| 100% |
| 93.1% |
FX-4170 vs FX-4300 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete
graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance.
Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent
gaming performance. However, they still can be used to estimate whether
one processor will perform faster or slower than another CPU
in games and other 3D tasks.
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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3DMark03 game score benchmark
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Measures graphics and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated
GPUs using 4 different game simulations, that have varying level of
DirectX support from version 7 to version 9.
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| 100% |
| 100% |
3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark
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Measures 3D graphics and game performance of CPU/GPU combination by
running 4 game simulations, that make extensive use of DirectX
9.0/9.0C capabilities.
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| 100% |
| 99.7% |
3DMark2001 score benchmark
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Runs a series of game simulations and feature tests to measure graphics
and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated GPUs. It utilizes a
single CPU core, and it is compatible with DirectX 8 and later APIs.
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| 100% |
| 96.6% |
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 98.5% |
PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 100% |
FX-4170 vs FX-4300 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from
memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of
on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD FX-4170
AMD FX-4300
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7Zip compressing/decompressing speed (1 thread) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 97.8% |
CrystalMark Memory benchmark
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Evaluates Read, Write, Read/Write and Cache memory bandwidth score.
The final result is the sum of measured results.
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| 100% |
| 92.4% |
PCMark05 Memory score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 90.0% |
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 95.5% |
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark
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| 100% |
| 98.4% |
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD FX-4170 and AMD FX-4300
microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database.
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CPUID 1 |
CPUID 2 |
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| CPU Family | FX-Series |
| Model / Processor Number | FX-4170 | FX-4300 |
| Frequency | 4214 MHz | 3812 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.4 |
| Part number (supplied) | FD4170FRW4KGU | FD4300WMW4MHK |
| Part number (guessed) | FD4170FRW4KGU | FD4300WMW4MHK |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | FA 1202PGN | FA 1233PGT |
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| General information |
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| Vendor | AuthenticAMD |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD FX(tm)-4170 Quad-Core Processor | AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor |
| Cores | 4 |
| Compute units | 2 |
| Logical processors | 4 |
| Processor type | Original OEM Processor |
| Core stepping | OR-B2 | OR-C0 |
| CPUID signature | 600F12 | 600F20 |
| Family | 21 (015h) |
| Model | 1 (01h) | 2 (02h) |
| Stepping | 2 (02h) | 0 (00h) |
| Socket | AM3+ (AM3r2) |
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| Cache |
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| L1 data: Associativity | 4-way set associative |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 data: Lines per tag | 1 |
| L1 data: Size | 4 x 16 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | 1 cache per 2 cores |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 instruction: Lines per tag | 1 |
| L1 instruction: Size | 2 x 64 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | 1 cache per 2 cores |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L2: Lines per tag | 1 |
| L2: Size | 2 x 2 MB |
| L3: Associativity | 64-way set associative | 32-way set associative |
| L3: Comments | Shared between all cores |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L3: Lines per tag | 1 |
| L3: Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES | + |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + |
| AVX | + |
| BMI1 | - | + |
| F16C | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| FMA4 | + |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSE4A | + |
| SSSE3 | + |
| TBM | - | + |
| XOP | + |
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| Additional instructions |
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| Advanced Bit manipulation | + |
| CLFLUSH | + |
| CMOV | + |
| CMPXCHG16B | + |
| CMPXCHG8B | + |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + |
| PCLMULDQ | + |
| POPCNT | + |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + |
| RDTSCP | + |
| SKINIT/STGI support | + |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + |
| XSAVE/XRESTORE states | + |
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| Major features |
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| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + |
| Turbo Core | + |
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| Other features |
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| 1 GB large page support | + |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + |
| Debugging extensions | + |
| Extended APIC space | + |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTOR optimizations | + |
| Hardware P-state control | + |
| Hardware thermal control | + |
| Instruction based sampling | + |
| LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + |
| LBR virtualization | + |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + |
| Lightweight profiling support | + |
| Machine check architecture | + |
| Machine check exception | + |
| Memory-type range registers | + |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + |
| Model-specific registers | + |
| Nested page tables | + |
| OS visible workaround | + |
| Page attribute table | + |
| Page global extension | + |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + |
| Physical address extensions | + |
| SVM lock | + |
| Support for NRIP save | + |
| THERMTRIP | + |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + |
| Temperature sensor | + |
| Time stamp counter | + |
| Translation Cache Extension | - | + |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + |
| Watchdog timer support | + |
+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed
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