Processors

A8-3870K

Component specifications

Desktop
Used in

AMD
Factory

FM1
Socket

Q4 2011
Launched

AMD A8
Series Name

Llano
Core Family Name

3 GHz
Clock

4
Cores

4
Threads

100 W
Thermal Design Power (TDP)

32 nm
Lithography

4 × 64 kB
L1 Instruction Cache

4 × 64 kB
L1 Data Cache

4 × 1 MB
L2 Cache

No
ECC Supported

No
Multithreading Supported

Radeon HD 6550D
Integrated GPU

Overall Score 2212

Benchmark Score 1824

Single Thread Score 1228.8

Future proof 29%

About AMD A8-3870K

AMD A8-3870K is processor manufactured by AMD and launched in Q4 2011 . It's using FM1 socket. It has 4 cores and 4 threads with clock of 3 GHz . This processor is used in Desktop devices and can consume up to 100 watts of power .

Predicted component performance

3327.1 MB/s
Encrypting Data

51.3 MB/s
Compressing Data

6 thousand/s
String objects sorting

10.1 millions/s
Prime numbers generation

6954.1 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (integer)

5349.7 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (float)

Compatible graphic cards

Graphic cards that best works with A8-3870K on 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution in general tasks.

	Radeon RX 6600	Desktop Used in	Q4 2021 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	1626 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1626 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	132 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2060	Desktop Used in	Q1 2022 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1470 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1470 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	185 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5700	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1465 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1465 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q4 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX Vega 64	Desktop Used in	Q3 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	295 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon 6700	Desktop Used in	Q4 2022 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	RTX A2000	Desktop Used in	Q2 2022 Launched		562 MHz Core Clock	12 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		562 MHz Core Clock	12 MB Memory	70 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro WX 8200	Desktop Used in	Q3 2018 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1200 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1200 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	230 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 980 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q2 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1076 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1076 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5600 XT	Desktop Used in	Q1 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	TITAN X	Desktop Used in	Q3 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1417 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1417 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	Desktop Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1382 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1382 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	350 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX Vega 56	Desktop Used in	Q3 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1471 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1471 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	210 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1070	Desktop Used in	Q2 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1506 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1506 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro WX 9100	Desktop Used in	Q4 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1200 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1200 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	230 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX TITAN X	Desktop Used in	Q1 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 3050	Desktop Used in	Q1 2022 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	1552 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1552 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	130 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1500 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1500 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro Vega 64	Workstation Used in	Q1 2018 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q4 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	125 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro 5700 XT	Desktop Used in	Q3 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1243 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1243 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	130 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon PRO W6600	Workstation Used in	Q3 2021 Launched		2331 MHz Core Clock	8 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		2331 MHz Core Clock	8 MB Memory	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro Vega 56	Desktop Used in	Q1 2018 Launched		1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory
	Quadro RTX 4000	Workstation Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1005 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1005 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	160 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1080	Desktop Used in	Q2 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P4200 (Max-Q Design)	Workstation Used in	Q4 2018 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro P6000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1417 MHz Core Clock	24000 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1417 MHz Core Clock	24000 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro GP100	Workstation Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1328 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1328 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	235 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro W5700	Desktop Used in	Q1 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1243 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1243 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	205 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P5000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1607 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1607 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro M6000	Workstation Used in	Q3 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	988 MHz Core Clock	24576 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		988 MHz Core Clock	24576 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	Desktop Used in	Q3 2022 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	GeForce GTX 1660	Desktop Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro RTX 5000	Workstation Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1620 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1620 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	230 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2070	Desktop Used in	Q4 2018 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1410 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1410 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	175 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P4000	Workstation Used in	Q1 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	105 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5600	Desktop Used in	Q2 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro Vega 48	Workstation Used in	Q3 2019 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Radeon RX 6600 XT	Desktop Used in	Q3 2021 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	1968 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1968 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	160 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 980	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1126 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1126 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	165 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1680 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1680 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	235 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1407 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1407 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	175 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon VII	Desktop Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1400 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1400 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	300 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5700 XT	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1605 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1605 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	225 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 3060	Desktop Used in	Q1 2021 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1320 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1320 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	170 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P4200	Workstation Used in	Q3 2018 Launched		1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q4 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1530 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1530 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R9 Fury X	Desktop Used in	Q3 2020 Launched		1050 MHz Core Clock	4 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1050 MHz Core Clock	4 MB Memory	275 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 970	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1050 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1050 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	145 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 590	Desktop Used in	Q4 2018 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1545 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1545 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	175 W Thermal Design Power TDP

Average frames per second

A8-3870K can run games with frames per second ranging from 57.1 FPS up to 172.9 FPS depending on game settings.

On ultra settings this processor can achieve on average around 57.1 FPS .
On high settings this processor can achieve on average around 110.5 FPS .
On medium settings this processor can achieve on average around 138.9 FPS .
On low settings this processor can achieve on average around 172.9 FPS .

Grand Theft Auto V

Frames per second calculator

game Grand Theft Auto V

Processor AMD A8-3870K

Number of frames per second for AMD A8-3870K processor in Grand Theft Auto V game. When there isn't bottleneck in configuration, AMD A8-3870K can achieve from 74.2 FPS up to 442.3 FPS frames per second while running Grand Theft Auto V game.

On ultra settings AMD A8-3870K can achieve from 74.2 FPS up to 146.1 FPS , with average around 100.4 FPS .
On high settings AMD A8-3870K can achieve from 143.6 FPS up to 282.8 FPS , with average around 194.4 FPS .
On medium settings AMD A8-3870K can achieve from 180.5 FPS up to 355.3 FPS , with average around 244.2 FPS .
On low settings AMD A8-3870K can achieve from 224.7 FPS up to 442.3 FPS , with average around 304.0 FPS .

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Processors

A8-3870K

Component specifications

About AMD A8-3870K

Predicted component performance

Compatible graphic cards

Radeon RX 6600

GeForce RTX 2060

Radeon RX 5700

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Radeon RX Vega 64

Radeon 6700

RTX A2000

Radeon Pro WX 8200

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Radeon RX 5600 XT

TITAN X

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Radeon RX Vega 56

GeForce GTX 1070

Radeon Pro WX 9100

GeForce GTX TITAN X

GeForce RTX 3050

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Radeon Pro Vega 64

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Radeon Pro 5700 XT

Radeon PRO W6600

Radeon Pro Vega 56

Quadro RTX 4000

GeForce GTX 1080

Quadro P4200 (Max-Q Design)

Quadro P6000

Quadro GP100

Radeon Pro W5700

Quadro P5000

Quadro M6000

GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

GeForce GTX 1660

Quadro RTX 5000

GeForce RTX 2070

Quadro P4000

Radeon RX 5600

Radeon Pro Vega 48

Radeon RX 6600 XT

GeForce GTX 980

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Radeon VII

Radeon RX 5700 XT

GeForce RTX 3060

Quadro P4200

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

Radeon R9 Fury X

GeForce GTX 970

Radeon RX 590

Average frames per second

Grand Theft Auto V

Frames per second calculator Settings

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Core2 Extreme Q6850

Core i5-3437U

A10-6700T

PRO A10-8700B

Phenom II X4 940

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Celeron G4900T

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Configuration Settings

General Tasks

Processor Intense Tasks

Graphic Card Intense Tasks

Frames per second calculator