AMD Athlon X4 970

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon X4 970 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the AMD Athlon X4 970 Good for Gaming?

This is a newly released CPU that contains 4 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 970

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 970 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank: 2022

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark

3811

Single Thread Rating: 1700
Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 970

Integer Math	20,069 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,305 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,522 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,203 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	65,332 KBytes/Sec
Physics	259 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,254 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,700 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of April 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of April 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,328
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,362
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,645
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,575
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,021
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,911
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,322
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,767
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,445
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,183
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,811

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.80
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.60
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.17
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.09
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.71
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
AMD Athlon X4 970		NA
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 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,635
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,036
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,930
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,703
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon X4 970		1,700

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2035060 - Feb 26 2024		3771
BL1924337 - Oct 14 2023		3850

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Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 970
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,811
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,677 (+22.7%)
Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,651 (+22.1%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,496 (+18.0%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,336 (+13.8%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,280 (+12.3%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,147 (+8.8%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,125 (+8.3%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,120 (+8.1%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,093 (+7.4%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,869 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,657 (-4.0%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,595 (-5.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,972
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,261
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,070
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,559
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,176
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,998
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,793
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,534
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,516
AMD Athlon X4 970		499

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