AMD Athlon X4 860K

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon X4 860K can be found below. 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.
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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: 166.94

Overall Rank: 2122

Last Price Change: $20.50 USD (2023-06-01)

Average CPU Mark

3422

Single Thread Rating: 1525
Samples: 1339*
*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	20,036 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,578 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,659 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	954.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,452 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,118 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,525 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of April 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2024.
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

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,348
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,363
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,652
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,578
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,016
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,911
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,324
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,768
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,428
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,183
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,422

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.82
AMD Athlon X4 860K		166.94
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.13
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.72
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
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 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,636
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,037
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,928
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,704
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 860K		1,525

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 860K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2076821 - Apr 13 2024		3703
BL2073158 - Apr 08 2024		3886
BL2058813 - Mar 22 2024		3584
BL2056071 - Mar 19 2024		3685
BL2040922 - Mar 03 2024		3032

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 860K
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,422
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,393 (-0.9%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,219 (-5.9%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,008 (-12.1%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,995 (-12.5%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,958 (-13.6%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,420 (-0.1%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,200 (-6.5%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,610 (-23.7%)
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,877 (-15.9%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,684 (-21.6%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,594 (+5.0%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,513 (+2.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 860K Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,626
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,257
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,071
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,569
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,173
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,992
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,573
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
AMD Athlon X4 860K		473

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