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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: 34.31

Overall Rank:
2935th fastest in multithreading out of 5034 CPUs
2892nd fastest in single threading out of 5034 CPUs
856th fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2335

Single Thread Rating

1212

Samples: 605*
*Margin for error: Low

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

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

Integer Math	6,949 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,349 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,388 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	601.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	52,393 KBytes/Sec
Physics	194 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,285 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,212 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3870K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 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 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,754
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,498
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,197
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,634
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD A8-3870K APU		2,335

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.43
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		101.30
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.35
AMD A8-3870K APU		34.31
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD A8-3870K APU		1,212

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3870K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2471056 - Mar 10 2025		2754
BL2303815 - Dec 27 2024		2824
BL2303751 - Dec 27 2024		2824
BL2280293 - Dec 15 2024		2880
BL2237374 - Nov 05 2024		2575

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3870K APU
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3870K APU		2,335
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,859 (+22.5%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,737 (+17.2%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,610 (+11.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,455 (+5.1%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,273 (-2.7%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,181 (-6.6%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU		1,855 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,257 (-3.3%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,711 (+16.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,658 (+13.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,610 (+11.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-3870K APU		2,534 (+8.5%)

Is the AMD A8-3870K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,187
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,340
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,538
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,698
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,530
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,407
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,292
AMD A8-3870K APU		256