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 a newly released 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 ...]

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:
2151st fastest in multithreading out of 4860 CPUs
1929th fastest in single threading out of 4860 CPUs
615th fastest in out of 1383 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3811

Single Thread Rating

1700

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 970

Integer Math	20,069 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,305 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,522 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,203 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	65,332 KBytes/Sec
Physics	259 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,254 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,700 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of October 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of October 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,084
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,479
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,122
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,603
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,067
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,266
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,749
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,528
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,161
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,811

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		197.57
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.17
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		160.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		151.38
Intel Core i9-13900K		142.03
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.60
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		56.73
AMD Athlon X4 970		NA
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 10th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,622
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,691
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon X4 970		1,700

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2035060 - Feb 26 2024		3771
BL1924337 - Oct 14 2023		3850

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Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 970
As of 10th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,811
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,676 (+22.7%)
Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,664 (+22.4%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,502 (+18.1%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,326 (+13.5%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,289 (+12.6%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,142 (+8.7%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,118 (+8.1%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,115 (+8.0%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,098 (+7.5%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,867 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,669 (-3.7%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,581 (-6.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,610
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,406
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,260
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,102
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,038
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,485
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,392
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,084
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,970
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,820
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,777
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
AMD Athlon X4 970		499

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