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: 49.03

Overall Rank:
2301st fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2205th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
675th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $69.97 USD (2024-12-22)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3431

Single Thread Rating

1528

Samples: 1367*
*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	19,966 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,586 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,621 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	960.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,662 KBytes/Sec
Physics	243 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,124 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,528 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 860K

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	$69.97 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,435
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,099
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,598
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,431

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		286.20
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		186.30
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		145.75
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.18
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.43
AMD Athlon X4 860K		49.03
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 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon X4 860K		1,528

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 860K
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2274693 - Dec 12 2024		3222
BL2274682 - Dec 12 2024		3329
BL2241029 - Nov 09 2024		3657
BL2235636 - Nov 02 2024		3267
BL2214505 - Oct 08 2024		3675

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 860K
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,431
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,136 (+20.5%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,069 (+18.6%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,638 (+6.0%)
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,111 (-9.3%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,854 (-16.8%)
Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		4,891 (+42.6%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,540 (+3.2%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,520 (+2.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,645 (-22.9%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		2,635 (-23.2%)
Intel Core i5-3340S @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,942 (+14.9%)
AMD A10-7860K vs AMD Athlon X4 860K		3,284 (-4.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 860K Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,250
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,924
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,322
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,577
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,258
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,198
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Athlon X4 860K		475

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