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AMD Athlon X4 870K

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 870K 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 Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD Athlon X4 870K

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 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 870K Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 99.70

Overall Rank:
2417th fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2260th fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
700th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $34.20 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3410
Single Thread Rating
1558

Samples: 81*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,494
Thread: 1,663

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Integer Math20,106 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,630 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,508 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption955.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression57,815 KBytes/Sec
Physics230 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,154 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,558 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 870K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th 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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,410
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K
 108.61
AMD Athlon X4 870K
 99.70
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
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
Intel Core i9-12900K
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 31st 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
 4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,682
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 Athlon X4 870K
 1,558
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 870K
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2335249 - Jan 11 2025
3908
BL2064226 - Mar 29 2024
3506
BL2061787 - Mar 26 2024
3502
BL2060972 - Mar 25 2024
3521
BL1973147 - Dec 18 2023
3762
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 870K
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,410
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,786 (+11.0%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,404 (-0.2%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,685 (+8.1%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,553 (+4.2%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,322 (-2.6%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,127 (-8.3%)
Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 2,794 (-18.1%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,867 (+13.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,606 (+5.7%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,209 (-5.9%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 4,125 (+21.0%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 870K
 3,894 (+14.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 870K Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,328
AMD Athlon X4 870K
 462