Intel Core i3-4170 vs AMD Athlon 3000G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD Athlon Desktop 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Athlon 3000G

Price

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$ 41.60

$ 28.39 significantly less expensive

$ 69.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1489 points

0.81% slightly better overall score

1477 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2858 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2742 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1121 points

1135 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1076 points

1095 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.13 points

31.38 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2036 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1966 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1049 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

957 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2163 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1970 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1119 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

956 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W

35 W

54% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

811th of 1,089

813th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Athlon Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-4170 vs Athlon 3000G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Athlon 3000G is faster than the Core i3-4170. Despite this, the Core i3-4170 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon 3000G. The Athlon 3000G outputs less heat than Core i3-4170 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.