AMD Athlon X4 860K

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 860K 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.

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AMD Athlon X4 860K

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 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 860K Quad Core Processor, AMD AMD on(tm) X4 860K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
2435th fastest in multithreading out of 5076 CPUs
2341st fastest in single threading out of 5076 CPUs
704th fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3428

Single Thread Rating

1520

Samples: 1388*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,274
Thread: 1,623

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Integer Math	19,938 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,584 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,583 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	961.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,606 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,126 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,520 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 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 23rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,727
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,318
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,048
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,489
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,132
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,184
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,712
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,428

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 23rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.82
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.17
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.32
AMD Athlon X4 860K		NA
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 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 23rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
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		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon X4 860K		1,520

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 860K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2559058 - Apr 16 2025		2714
BL2535239 - Apr 06 2025		4271
BL2535169 - Apr 06 2025		3798
BL2528844 - Apr 03 2025		3428
BL2516491 - Mar 29 2025		3291

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 860K
As of 23rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,428
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,514 (+2.5%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,399 (-0.9%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,211 (-6.3%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,126 (+20.4%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,062 (+18.5%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,869 (+12.8%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,660 (+6.7%)
Intel Core i5-4460T @ 1.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,634 (+6.0%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,595 (+4.9%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,395 (-1.0%)
AMD Athlon X4 840 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,319 (-3.2%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,215 (-6.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 860K Good for Gaming?
As of 23rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,429
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,326
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,605
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,511
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,815
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,704
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,522
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,412
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,292
AMD Athlon X4 860K		473

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