AMD A8-3870K Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD A8-3870K has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM1 socket and was released in Q4/2011.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the AMD A8-3870K. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD A8-3870K. |
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| Name: | AMD A8-3870K |
| Family: | AMD A |
| CPU group: | AMD A8-3000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 1 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the AMD A8-3870K can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
| Frequency: | 3.10 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The AMD A8-3870K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon HD 6550D |
| GPU frequency: | 0.60 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 5 |
| Shader: | 400 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 1 GB |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2011 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | No |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 100 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the AMD A8-3870K as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | FM1 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Llano (K10) |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE3, SSE4a |
| Release date: | Q4/2011 |
| Release price: | 80 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD A8-3870K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD FX-8300
8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD A6-5400K
2C 2T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 860K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3520M
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-7600
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
Qualcomm Adreno 620 @ 0.63 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.95 GHz |
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AMD A10-5745M
AMD Radeon HD 8610G @ 0.63 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10885H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2286M
Intel UHD Graphics P630 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10980HK
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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Intel Core i3-3220T
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7Y57
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1035T
6C 6T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD FX-9800P
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 B95
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6500U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD A4-5300
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X2 545
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X2 B55
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-2350M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver N5000
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon X4 835
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100H
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 B95
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7167U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 @ 1.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5257U
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7500T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7600T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (SC)
627 entries
627 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
574 entries
574 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,830 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
1,409 entries
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Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,096 entries
1,096 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,091 entries
1,091 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
824 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
835 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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