AMD A8-3870K Black Edition 3.0GHz Socket FM1

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

5
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Fast stock performance.
Unlocked multiplier.
Runs cool.

Cons:

High overclock depends on performance motherboards of which there aren't many.
AMD Phenom II has more overclocking headroom.

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Last revision on December 3, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Fast stock performance
Unlocked multiplier
Runs cool
Ability to overclock CPU and GPU independently
Great IGP performance
Dual Graphics supports up to 5 displays
Quad-cores
Great price

Reviewers Didn't Like

High overclock depends on performance motherboards of which there aren't many
AMD Phenom II has more overclocking headroom

Expert reviews and ratings

It's very easy to get bogged down in the high-end hardware, the cream of the crop, and forget what a joy there is to be had from something that is almost proudly cheap and cheerful. AMD have nearly always been the providers of exceptionally good...

By Overclock3D on May 25, 2012

Late last year I reviewed the AMD A8-3850 APU, which the first high-end Llano based offering from AMD, giving desktop users a taste of how successfully integrated graphics can work with a quad-core processor. And while the performance in...

By tbreak.ae on February 02, 2012

Not to be outdone by new graphics releases AMD is going back to the APU drawing board with the new AMD A8-3870K processor. While its flagship FX processors are failing to shine it does seem a little on unfair on AMD that at the other end of the market it...

By TechRadar on January 26, 2012

The extra 100MHz clockspeed on the A8-3870K yields about 2-3% gain over the A8-3850 which is nothing to be excited about. What does the new chip brings to the table s is the ease of overclocking that was not presented with the original Llano. When...

By bjorn3d.com on January 09, 2012

Late May we published a huge round-up of 45 desktop processors , followed by a review of Intel's fourth generation Core processors . Our readers immediately, and understandably, came with the request for a similar group test of laptop processors. It's...

By uk.hardware.info on July 04, 2013

On June 4 Intel is launching its next generation Core processors, also called Haswell. That means it's the perfect opportunity for us to retest all current processors and a number of older ones with a completely new test configuration. It will not only...

By uk.hardware.info on May 28, 2013

Now that Piledriver-based CPUs and APUs are widely available (and the FX-8350 is selling for less than $200), it's a great time to compare value-oriented chips in our favorite titles. We're also breaking out a test that conveys the latency between...

By Tom's Hardware on February 11, 2013

This video we review the AMD A8-3870K while also discussing What is APU? The advantages and disadvantages of the new platform and is it worth your...

By productfeedback.com.au on November 27, 2012

This story, an update to our AMD Trinity-based A10, A8, and A6 family preview, was originally published on July 2, 2012. It was not condoned, supported, or sponsored in any way by AMD. The piece appears here, unchanged, with the same information...

By Tom's Hardware on September 26, 2012

Overall, the AMD A8-3870K APU did very well and exceeded my expectations. It performed very well when compared against other integrated graphics solutions and even when compared against other low-cost processors. Most importantly; it overclocks fairly...

By overclockers.com on July 10, 2012

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