AMD Athlon X4 970

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 970 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 970 Good for Gaming?

This is relatively new CPU that contains 4 Cores and 4 Threads. This CPU may not do well with games especially more recent releases. Best to check with your system requirements from the developer of the games you are interested to see if it is compatible. [More ...]

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AMD Athlon X4 970

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 970 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
2941st fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
2575th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
777th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3677

Single Thread Rating

1697

Samples: 7*
*Margin for error: Medium

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 970

Integer Math	19,452 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,169 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,272 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,162 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	63,890 KBytes/Sec
Physics	240 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,188 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,697 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 2026.

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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 970		3,677

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
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
AMD Athlon X4 970		NA
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 970		1,697

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3235674 - Jan 23 2026		3847
BL3161351 - Dec 24 2025		3383
BL2820594 - Aug 07 2025		4005
BL2766781 - Jul 15 2025		4087
BL2246342 - Nov 15 2024		2793

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 970
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,677
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,522 (+23.0%)
Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,358 (+18.5%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,330 (+17.8%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,314 (+17.3%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,146 (+12.8%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,106 (+11.7%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,092 (+11.3%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,086 (+11.1%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,846 (+4.6%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,703 (+0.7%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,652 (-0.7%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,579 (-2.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 970 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 970		481

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