Athlon X4 870K: specs and benchmarks

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Athlon X4 870K
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
2.15

Athlon X4 870K provides poor benchmark performance at 2.15% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Athlon X4 870K sales on December 2015. This is a Godaveri architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4100 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR3-2133 memory.

Primary details

Athlon X4 870K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1864
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.14of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)
Release dateDecember 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.9 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache256Kof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size245 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors2,411 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 870K compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFM2+
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 870K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon X4 870K's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon X4 870K. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon X4 870K 2.15

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon X4 870K 3410

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon X4 870K 465

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon X4 870K 1199

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Athlon X4 870K's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i5-2300 100.47
Athlon X4 870K 100
A10-7850K 99.53
Core i3-4150 99.53

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon X4 870K is Pentium Gold G5420T, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Athlon X4 870K:

Core i7-965 100.47
Core i5-2300 100.47
Athlon X4 870K 100
Core i3-4150 99.53

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