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: 100.93

Overall Rank:
2792nd fastest in multithreading out of 5775 CPUs
2626th fastest in single threading out of 5775 CPUs
766th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3452

Single Thread Rating

1540

Samples: 86*
*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	20,116 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,668 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,561 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	970.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	58,766 KBytes/Sec
Physics	236 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,173 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,540 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,467
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,304
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,944
Apple M4 10 Core		23,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,577
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,680
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,452

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.64
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		126.77
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.66
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
AMD Athlon X4 870K		100.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.63
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 February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon X4 870K		1,540

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3246681 - Jan 28 2026		3488
BL3145149 - Dec 18 2025		3718
BL2880377 - Sep 02 2025		4468
BL2880334 - Sep 02 2025		4459
BL2855703 - Aug 22 2025		3776

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 February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,452
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,309 (+24.8%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,765 (+9.1%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,401 (-1.5%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,097 (+18.7%)
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,751 (+8.7%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,688 (+6.8%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,113 (-9.8%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,804 (-18.8%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,860 (+11.8%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,577 (+3.6%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,217 (-6.8%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,099 (+18.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,418
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,124
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,795
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,392
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,206
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,756
AMD Athlon X4 870K		468

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