AMD Athlon X4 870K

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 870K 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 870K

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 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 870K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 99.70

Overall Rank:
2317th fastest in multithreading out of 4915 CPUs
2165th fastest in single threading out of 4915 CPUs
678th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $34.20 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3410

Single Thread Rating

1558

Samples: 81*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,494
Thread: 1,663

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Integer Math	20,106 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,630 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,508 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	955.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,815 KBytes/Sec
Physics	230 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,154 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,558 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of December 2024.
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 30th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,917
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,433
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,090
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,587
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,101
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,244
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,739
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,587
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,410

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 30th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		195.21
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		186.83
Intel Core i9-12900K		146.92
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.19
Intel Core i9-13900K		117.84
AMD Athlon X4 870K		99.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.57
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.44
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 30th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,026
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon X4 870K		1,558

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2064226 - Mar 29 2024		3506
BL2061787 - Mar 26 2024		3502
BL2060972 - Mar 25 2024		3521
BL1973147 - Dec 18 2023		3762
BL1917177 - Oct 04 2023		2833

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 30th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,410
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,797 (+11.3%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,584 (+5.1%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,398 (-0.3%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,124 (+20.9%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,114 (+20.6%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,677 (+7.8%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,547 (+4.0%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,318 (-2.7%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,132 (-8.2%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,799 (-17.9%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,867 (+13.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,591 (+5.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 30th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,251
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,878
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,835
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,592
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,319
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,864
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,534
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,471
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,190
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,171
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,157
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,920
AMD Athlon X4 870K		462

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