870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution vs 845 with Near Silent Thermal Solution: comparison

Comparison of 870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution and 845 with Near Silent Thermal Solution: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution has a higher base clock (3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz) and a higher maximum clock (4.1 GHz vs 3.8 GHz).

Both processors match on: core count (4), thread count (4), process node (28 nm), memory channels (2), 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

Parameter870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution845 with Near Silent Thermal Solution
Cores / threads 4 / 4 4 / 4
Max boost clock 4.1 GHz 3.8 GHz
TDP 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 870K with Near Silent Thermal Solution 845 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
Unlocked for overclocking Yes No
CPU
Cores 4 4
Threads 4 4
Base clock 3.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max boost clock 4.1 GHz 3.8 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB —
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
TDP 95 W —
Memory
Memory types DDR3 DDR3
Memory channels 2 2
Max memory speed 2.133 GHz 2.133 GHz
Graphics
Has integrated graphics No No
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 3
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FM2+ FM2+
TJUNCTION 72.4 °C 71.3 °C
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies AES, AVX, FMA4 AES, AVX, FMA4
Identifiers
Product ID (Box) AD870KXBJCSBX AD845XACKASBX
Bundled cooler Near Silent 95W Near Silent 95W

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