AMD Athlon X4 860K

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon X4 860K can be found below. 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.
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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 Size: L1: 448 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,

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: 166.41

Overall Rank: 2012

Last Price Change: $20.50 USD (2023-06-01)

Average CPU Mark

3411

Single Thread Rating: 1524
Samples: 1320*
*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	20,024 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,564 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,682 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	949.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,270 KBytes/Sec
Physics	241 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,112 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,524 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2023.
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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,539
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,407
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,713
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,608
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,927
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,381
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,404
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,198
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,411

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.95
AMD Athlon X4 860K		166.41
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.19
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.30
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.46
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.87
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.53
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 7th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,649
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,186
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,942
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,662
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon X4 860K		1,524

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 860K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1955997 - Nov 27 2023		3178
BL1945675 - Nov 13 2023		3592
BL1944311 - Nov 11 2023		3508
BL1943131 - Nov 10 2023		2333
BL1941503 - Nov 07 2023		3575

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 860K
As of 7th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,411
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,386 (-0.7%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,226 (-5.4%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,008 (-11.8%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,985 (-12.5%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,969 (-13.0%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,406 (-0.2%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,204 (-6.1%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,585 (-24.2%)
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,877 (-15.7%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,663 (-21.9%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,587 (+5.1%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,505 (+2.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 860K Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,214
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,074
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,574
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,424
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,421
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,227
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,896
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,838
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,810
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,519
AMD Athlon X4 860K		472

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