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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FM1
Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 100 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB
Other names: AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 33.83
Overall Rank: 2675
Last Price Change: $68.04 USD (2022-12-15)
| Integer Math | 6,925 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 5,331 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 6,365 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 588.1 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 52,009 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 192 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 1,259 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,207 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,322 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,375 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,187 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,633 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,026 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,909 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,317 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,766 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,466 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,185 | |
| AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,302 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 219.36 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 184.11 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.30 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 131.83 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 123.27 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.68 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.16 | |
| AMD A8-3870K APU | 33.83 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,633 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,172 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,035 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,929 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,838 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,703 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,471 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
| AMD A8-3870K APU | 1,207 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2088319 - Apr 27 2024 | 2316 | |
| BL2029780 - Feb 20 2024 | 2691 | |
| BL2015722 - Feb 04 2024 | 2778 | |
| BL2002043 - Jan 20 2024 | 1790 | |
| BL1987936 - Jan 05 2024 | 2403 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,302 | |
| AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,849 (+23.8%) | |
| AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,733 (+18.7%) | |
| AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,597 (+12.8%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,261 (-1.8%) | |
| AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,171 (-5.7%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,236 (-2.8%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,620 (+13.8%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,512 (+9.1%) | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,469 (+7.3%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,439 (+6.0%) | |
| AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,361 (+2.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3210 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-3870K APU | 2,221 (-3.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,734 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,266 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,070 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,558 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,403 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,151 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,999 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,878 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,793 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,556 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,519 | |
| AMD A8-3870K APU | 254 |
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