AMD Athlon X4 860K

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 860K 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 860K

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 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 860K Quad Core Processor, AMD AMD on(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
2474th fastest in multithreading out of 5119 CPUs
2374th fastest in single threading out of 5119 CPUs
721st fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3434

Single Thread Rating

1521

Samples: 1394*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,274
Thread: 1,623

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Integer Math	19,960 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,591 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,584 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	963.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,740 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,129 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,521 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of May 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,704
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,315
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,864
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,710
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,434

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.89
Intel Core i9-12900K		139.11
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
AMD Athlon X4 860K		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i5-12400F		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,479
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon X4 860K		1,521

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 860K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2615273 - May 10 2025		3809
BL2611115 - May 08 2025		3641
BL2610715 - May 08 2025		3651
BL2603294 - May 05 2025		3596
BL2595687 - May 02 2025		3695

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 860K
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,434
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,511 (+2.2%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,400 (-1.0%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,214 (-6.4%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,127 (+20.2%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,066 (+18.4%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,869 (+12.6%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,660 (+6.6%)
Intel Core i5-4460T @ 1.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,640 (+6.0%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,593 (+4.6%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,388 (-1.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 840 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,322 (-3.3%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,215 (-6.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 860K Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,494
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,158
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,322
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,847
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,594
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,811
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,682
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,531
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,447
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,405
AMD Athlon X4 860K		474

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