AMD Athlon II X4 860K Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2021-07-23

The AMD Athlon II X4 860K has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the AMD Athlon II series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM2+ socket and was released in Q4/2014. The AMD Athlon II X4 860K scores 539 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,586 points.

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Name:	AMD Athlon II X4 860K
Family:	AMD Athlon II
CPU group:	AMD Athlon II X4 (Kaveri)
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	5
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X4 860K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X4 860K is 3.70 GHz (4.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	4.00 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon II X4 860K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Athlon II X4 860K uses the no iGPU, which has texture shaders and execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Execution units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

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:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type:	DDR3-1866
Max. Memory:
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth:	--
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:
AES-NI:	No

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	95 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X4 860K is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	32 nm
Chip design:
Socket:	FM2+
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
Architecture:	Kaveri
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
Release date:	Q4/2014
Release price:	70 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

AMD Athlon II X4 860K
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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Athlon II X4 860K 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 R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	AMD FX-8350 8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	579
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	579
	Intel Core i3-8130U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	556
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	517
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	492
	AMD Phenom II X4 955 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	488
	Intel Core i5-3317U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	481

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1706
	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1701
	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1688
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1677
	Intel Core i5-8265U 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1674
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1653
	Intel Celeron G5905 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	1646

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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.


	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	693
	Intel Core i7-7600U 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	690
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	675
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	670
	Intel Pentium Silver J5005 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	669
	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	666
	Intel Core i7-3520M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	663

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Pentium Silver J5040 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	542
	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	541
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	541
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	539
	Intel Core i5-750S 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	539
	Intel Core i5-750 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	539
	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	539

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-4350 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	1598
	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1592
	AMD Phenom II X4 975 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1587
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1586
	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1583
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1583
	AMD Phenom II X4 840T 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1578

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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.


	Intel Core i5-6500 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	5674
	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	5661
	Intel Core i5-7287U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	5648
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	5636
	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz	5630
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	5613
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	5603

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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 6C 6T @ 2.70 GHz	752
	Intel Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	749
	AMD Athlon II X4 760K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	748
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	747
	AMD A10-5800K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	746
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	743
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	740

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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.


	Intel Celeron G1620 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	95
	Intel Core i3-4000M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	95
	Intel Pentium G2010 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	95
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	94
	Intel Core i3-7020U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	94
	Intel Core i3-3220T 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	94
	Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 15C 30T @ 3.40 GHz	94

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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.


	Intel Core i3-4330T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	297
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	296
	Intel Xeon E3-1220L v3 4C 8T @ 1.50 GHz	296
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	295
	Intel Core i3-6167U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	295
	Intel Core i3-3225 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	295
	Intel Core i3-3220 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	295

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon X4 845 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2526
	Intel Core i7-3517U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2521
	Intel Pentium G3240 2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz	2501
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	2500
	Intel Core i5-4250U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2500
	Intel Core i3-5157U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2492
	Intel Core i3-3210 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2492

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i3-6300 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	8227
	AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz	8218
	Intel Core i3-8109U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	8197
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	8155
	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	8142
	Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	8117
	Intel Core i3-4340 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	8116

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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.


	AMD A10-7870K 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1.04
	AMD A8-7670K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1.04
	Intel Celeron G1620 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	1.04
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1.03
	AMD Phenom II X6 1065T 6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz	1.03
	AMD Phenom II X4 965 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1.03
	AMD Phenom II X4 960T 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1.03

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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.


	AMD Athlon X4 845 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4.03
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	4.02
	Intel Core i3-4360 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4.01
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	3.97
	Intel Pentium G4600T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3.96
	Intel Core i5-7260U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3.96
	AMD Phenom II X4 B99 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3.94

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Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
473 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
448 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
580 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,664 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,651 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
1,422 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,101 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,096 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries

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