7th Gen AMD Athlon X4 970 vs 870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution: comparison

Comparison of 7th Gen AMD Athlon X4 970 and 870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

7th Gen AMD Athlon X4 970 has a lower TDP (65 W vs 95 W).

At the same time, 870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution has a higher base clock (3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz) and a higher maximum clock (4.1 GHz vs 4 GHz).

Both processors match on: core count (4), thread count (4), process node (28 nm), PCIe version (3).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

Parameter7th Gen AMD Athlon X4 970870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution
Cores / threads 4 / 4 4 / 4
Max boost clock 4 GHz 4.1 GHz
TDP 65 W 95 W
Process 28 nm 28 nm

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter 7th Gen AMD Athlon X4 970 870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution
General
Codename Athlon Legacy Athlon Legacy
Segment Boxed Processor Boxed Processor
Product line AMD Athlon X4 AMD Athlon X4
Product family AMD Athlon Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Process 28 nm 28 nm
Launch date 07/27/2017 —
Unlocked for overclocking Yes Yes
CPU
Cores 4 4
Threads 4 4
Base clock 3.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Max boost clock 4 GHz 4.1 GHz
L1 cache — 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 4 MB
TDP 65 W 95 W
Memory
Memory types DDR4 DDR3
Memory channels — 2
Max memory speed 2.4 GHz 2.133 GHz
Graphics
Has integrated graphics No No
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 3
Package and thermal
Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
TJUNCTION — 72.4 °C
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies — AES, AVX, FMA4
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) AD970XAUM44AB —
Product ID (Box) AD970XAUABBOX AD870KXBJCSBX
Bundled cooler — Near Silent 95W

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