AMD Athlon X4 860K

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 860K can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon X4 860K

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor, AMD AMD on(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 43.96

Overall Rank:
2750th fastest in multithreading out of 5493 CPUs
2608th fastest in single threading out of 5493 CPUs
757th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $77.97 USD (2025-11-04)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3428

Single Thread Rating

1520

Samples: 1415*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,274
Thread: 1,623

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Integer Math	19,905 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,580 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,534 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	962.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,685 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,125 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,520 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
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	$77.97 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,554
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,349
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,547
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,142
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,428

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.41
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon X4 860K		43.96
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,677
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon X4 860K		1,520

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 860K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3126090 - Dec 11 2025		3770
BL3117351 - Dec 08 2025		3764
BL3104119 - Dec 03 2025		3482
BL3071166 - Nov 21 2025		2962
BL3017558 - Oct 31 2025		3549

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 860K
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,428
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,095 (+19.5%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,639 (+6.2%)
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,088 (-9.9%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,965 (-13.5%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,860 (-16.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 750 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,751 (-19.7%)
Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,916 (+43.4%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,101 (+19.6%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,870 (+12.9%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,536 (+3.2%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,669 (-22.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,660 (-22.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 860K Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,439
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,446
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,693
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,470
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,412
AMD Athlon X4 860K		473

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