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: 100.66

Overall Rank:
2710th fastest in multithreading out of 5450 CPUs
2520th fastest in single threading out of 5450 CPUs
744th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3443

Single Thread Rating

1561

Samples: 84*
*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	20,201 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,656 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,549 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	965.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	58,455 KBytes/Sec
Physics	235 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,167 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,561 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,566
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,404
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,521
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,443

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		268.38
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.82
Intel Core i5-12400F		153.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.60
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.37
AMD Athlon X4 870K		100.66
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.76
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 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon X4 870K		1,561

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2880377 - Sep 02 2025		4468
BL2880334 - Sep 02 2025		4459
BL2855703 - Aug 22 2025		3776
BL2757328 - Jul 11 2025		4175
BL2749194 - Jul 08 2025		3814

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,443
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,766 (+9.4%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,407 (-1.0%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,102 (+19.2%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,690 (+7.2%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,118 (-9.4%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,799 (-18.7%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,667 (-22.5%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,854 (+12.0%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,576 (+3.9%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,212 (-6.7%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,917 (+13.8%)
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,699 (+7.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,411
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,134
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,252
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,506
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,495
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,623
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,495
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,480
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,413
AMD Athlon X4 870K		467

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