AMD Athlon X4 970

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 970 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 970 Good for Gaming?

This is relatively new CPU that contains 4 Cores and 4 Threads. This CPU may not do well with games especially more recent releases. Best to check with your system requirements from the developer of the games you are interested to see if it is compatible. [More ...]

AMD Athlon X4 970

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 970 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2023

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
2285th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2076th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
667th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3472

Single Thread Rating

1616

Samples: 3*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 970

Integer Math	18,324 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,851 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,879 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,084 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	59,917 KBytes/Sec
Physics	231 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,099 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,616 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 2024.

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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		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
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		14,153
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,472

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
AMD Athlon X4 970		NA
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		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon X4 970		1,616

Last 3 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2246342 - Nov 15 2024		2793
BL2035060 - Feb 26 2024		3771
BL1924337 - Oct 14 2023		3850

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 970
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 970		3,472
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,325 (+24.6%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,291 (+23.6%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,135 (+19.1%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,123 (+18.8%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,113 (+18.5%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		4,101 (+18.1%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,866 (+11.4%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,676 (+5.9%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,585 (+3.3%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,539 (+1.9%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,520 (+1.4%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 970		3,437 (-1.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Athlon X4 970		460

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