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AMD A8-3870K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3870K APU 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 A8-3870K APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-3870K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 100 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 34.21

Overall Rank:
2838th fastest in multithreading out of 4918 CPUs
2802nd fastest in single threading out of 4918 CPUs
838th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $68.04 USD (2022-12-15)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2328
Single Thread Rating
1210

Samples: 604*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,277
Thread: 1,010

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3870K APU

Integer Math6,941 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,335 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,380 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption599.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression52,311 KBytes/Sec
Physics193 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,280 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,210 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3870K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of January 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of January 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 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,913
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,430
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,090
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,585
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,102
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,886
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,236
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,738
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,586
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,152
AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,328
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 195.20
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 177.47
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 146.18
Intel Core i9-12900K
 143.36
Intel Core i9-13900K
 94.04
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.56
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 49.42
AMD A8-3870K APU
 34.21
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 4th of January 2025 - 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
 2,926
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,566
AMD A8-3870K APU
 1,210
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3870K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2303815 - Dec 27 2024
2824
BL2303751 - Dec 27 2024
2824
BL2280293 - Dec 15 2024
2880
BL2237374 - Nov 05 2024
2575
BL2235849 - Nov 03 2024
2462
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3870K APU
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,328
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,851 (+22.5%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,745 (+17.9%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,610 (+12.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,437 (+4.7%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,174 (-6.6%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,696 (+15.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,647 (+13.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,581 (+10.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,478 (+6.5%)
AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,374 (+2.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 2,369 (+1.8%)
Intel Core i3-3220T @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU
 1,947 (-16.4%)

Is the AMD A8-3870K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,219
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,879
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,804
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,614
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,318
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,866
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,544
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,519
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,262
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,257
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,160
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 8,920
AMD A8-3870K APU
 255