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AMD A8-3870K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3870K APU 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 A8-3870K APU Good for Gaming?

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

AMD A8-3870K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 100 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 9.99

Overall Rank:
3041st fastest in multithreading out of 5153 CPUs
2988th fastest in single threading out of 5153 CPUs
884th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $234.79 USD (2025-05-24)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2345
Single Thread Rating
1214

Samples: 607*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,277
Thread: 1,010

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3870K APU

Integer Math6,960 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,349 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,401 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption605.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression52,544 KBytes/Sec
Physics195 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,292 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,214 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3870K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$234.79 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3870K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2701501 - Jun 17 2025
2807
BL2701462 - Jun 17 2025
3092
BL2658764 - May 29 2025
2971
BL2632768 - May 18 2025
2834
BL2592489 - Apr 30 2025
2601
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3870K APU
As of 20th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3870K APU
2,345
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,658 (+13.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,491 (+6.3%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,345 (+0.0%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
3,002 (+28.1%)
Intel Core i3-4150T @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,875 (+22.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 980 vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,839 (+21.1%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,623 (+11.9%)
Intel Core i5-670 @ 3.47GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,533 (+8.0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,443 (+4.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 940 vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,351 (+0.3%)
Intel Core i3-2125 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,090 (-10.8%)
AMD A6-3650 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU
2,090 (-10.9%)

Is the AMD A8-3870K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,454
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,151
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,843
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,588
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,482
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,804
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,780
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,657
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,524
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,503
AMD A8-3870K APU
257