AMD Athlon X4 870K

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon X4 870K 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.
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 870K Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 2 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 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 Size: L1: 448 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 870K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 125.87

Overall Rank: 1698

Last Price Change: $26.95 USD (2023-02-03)

Average CPU Mark

3392

Single Thread Rating: 1546
Samples: 75*
*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	19,786 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,554 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	940.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	55.7 MBytes/Sec
Physics	237 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,126 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,546 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of February 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of February 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of February 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,582
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,752
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,688
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,160
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,956
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,932
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,563
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,794
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,557
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,266
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,392

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		187.31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		132.12
AMD Athlon X4 870K		125.87
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		116.36
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.83
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.97
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		49.01
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		31.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,208
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,059
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,826
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,730
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,665
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon X4 870K		1,546

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1717885 - Jan 11 2023		3614
BL1562821 - May 08 2022		3853
BL1554387 - Apr 22 2022		2980
BL1543681 - Apr 02 2022		3762
BL1515556 - Feb 13 2022		3157

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,392
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,217 (-5.2%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,112 (+21.2%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,383 (-0.3%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,601 (-23.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,552 (+4.7%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,186 (+23.4%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,146 (+22.2%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,984 (-12.0%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,808 (-17.2%)
Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		2,596 (-23.5%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		3,414 (+0.6%)
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K		4,749 (+40.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,480
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,797
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,574
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,104
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,698
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,679
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,650
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,562
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,510
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,437
AMD Athlon X4 870K		536

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