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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.

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?

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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:
2375th fastest in multithreading out of 4988 CPUs
2221st fastest in single threading out of 4988 CPUs
687th fastest in out of 1409 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 Math20,106 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,630 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,508 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption955.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression57,815 KBytes/Sec
Physics230 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,154 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,558 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 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 February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,824
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,385
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,064
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,564
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,111
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,211
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,724
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,618
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,148
AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,410
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
219.59
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
203.40
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
147.41
Intel Core i9-12900K
145.73
Intel Core i9-13900K
117.65
AMD Athlon X4 870K
99.70
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.51
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.10
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 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,150
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,024
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,683
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,565
AMD Athlon X4 870K
1,558
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2335249 - Jan 11 2025
3908
BL2064226 - Mar 29 2024
3506
BL2061787 - Mar 26 2024
3502
BL2060972 - Mar 25 2024
3521
BL1973147 - Dec 18 2023
3762
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 15th of February 2025 - 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 (+11.4%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,405 (-0.1%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,680 (+7.9%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,552 (+4.2%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,125 (-8.4%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
2,790 (-18.2%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,867 (+13.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,598 (+5.5%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,211 (-5.8%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
4,131 (+21.2%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,891 (+14.1%)
Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
3,650 (+7.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,867
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,608
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,597
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,843
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,535
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,528
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,354
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,106
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,019
AMD Athlon X4 870K
462