AMD Athlon X4 870K

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon X4 870K can be found below. 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.
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AMD Athlon X4 870K

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 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 870K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 99.70

Overall Rank: 2137

Last Price Change: $34.20 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark

3410

Single Thread Rating: 1558
Samples: 81*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,494
Thread: 1,663

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Integer Math	20,106 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,630 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,508 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	955.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,815 KBytes/Sec
Physics	230 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,154 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,558 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of April 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of April 2024.
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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Pricing History

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,329
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,363
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,645
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,575
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,021
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,911
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,322
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,767
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,445
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,185
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,410

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.81
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.60
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.09
AMD Athlon X4 870K		99.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.71
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
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 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,635
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,036
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,930
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon X4 870K		1,558

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2064226 - Mar 29 2024		3506
BL2061787 - Mar 26 2024		3502
BL2060972 - Mar 25 2024		3521
BL1973147 - Dec 18 2023		3762
BL1917177 - Oct 04 2023		2833

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,410
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,805 (+11.6%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,595 (+5.4%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,529 (+3.5%)
Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,579 (-24.4%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,869 (+13.5%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,308 (-3.0%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,123 (-8.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,588 (+5.2%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,147 (+21.6%)
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,676 (+7.8%)
Intel Core i3-4350 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,501 (+2.7%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,313 (-2.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		10,009
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,260
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,069
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,559
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,177
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,991
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,793
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,534
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,517
AMD Athlon X4 870K		462

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