AMD Athlon X4 870K

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 870K 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 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: 101.37

Overall Rank:
3015th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
2840th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
804th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3467

Single Thread Rating

1542

Samples: 88*
*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	20,156 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,676 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,577 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	975.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	59,083 KBytes/Sec
Physics	238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,183 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,542 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,191
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,056
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,570
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,467

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		173.01
Intel Core i9-14900K		154.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		147.45
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
AMD Athlon X4 870K		101.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD Athlon X4 870K		1,542

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3720357 - Sep 16 2026		3677
BL3573421 - Jul 08 2026		3784
BL3246681 - Jan 28 2026		3488
BL3145149 - Dec 18 2025		3718
BL2880377 - Sep 02 2025		4468

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,467
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,314 (+24.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,754 (+8.3%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,474 (+0.2%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,393 (-2.1%)
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,726 (+7.5%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,703 (+6.8%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,812 (-18.9%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,626 (+4.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,537 (+2.0%)
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,317 (+24.5%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,086 (+17.9%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,910 (+12.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,689
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,504
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,054
AMD Athlon X4 870K		470

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