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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.

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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: 100.36

Overall Rank:
2569th fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
2395th fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
725th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3432
Single Thread Rating
1559

Samples: 83*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Integer Math20,175 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,650 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,528 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption962.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression58,264 KBytes/Sec
Physics233 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,163 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,559 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 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


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Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2757328 - Jul 11 2025
4175
BL2749194 - Jul 08 2025
3814
BL2614323 - May 10 2025
3721
BL2335249 - Jan 11 2025
3908
BL2064226 - Mar 29 2024
3506
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 14th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,432
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
4,125 (+20.2%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,785 (+10.3%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,405 (-0.8%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,870 (+12.8%)
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,748 (+9.2%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,683 (+7.3%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,113 (-9.3%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
2,790 (-18.7%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,853 (+12.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,578 (+4.2%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,217 (-6.3%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,901 (+13.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,431
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,145
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,283
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,836
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,576
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,478
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,909
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,799
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,628
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,529
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,469
AMD Athlon X4 870K
465