AMD Athlon II X4 640

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon II X4 640 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?

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AMD Athlon II X4 640

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 196.31

Overall Rank: 2691

Last Price Change: $11.39 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark

2236

Single Thread Rating: 1212
Samples: 1783*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,221
Thread: 1,016

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X4 640

Integer Math	6,909 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,013 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,422 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	611.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	51,058 KBytes/Sec
Physics	175 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,142 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,212 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 640

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of April 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of April 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$52.02 USD	Buy Now!
	$11.39 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

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	shinobee AMD Quad Gaming Computer, Athlon X4 950 4x3.8GHz, 16GB DDR4, Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5, 512GB SSD, DVD+-RW, USB 3, 802.11AC WiFi & Win 11 Prof #7481	$349.00 (www.amazon.com)
	shinobee AMD Quad Gaming Computer, Athlon X4 950 4x3.8GHz, 16GB DDR4, Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5, 256GB SSD + 500GB HDD, USB 3, 802.11AC WiFi & Windows 11 Pro #7479	$279.00 (www.amazon.com)
	shinobee AMD Quad Gaming Computer, Athlon X4 950 4x3.8GHz, 16GB DDR4, Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5, 512GB SSD, USB 3, 802.11AC WiFi & Windows 11 Pro #6927	$299.00 (www.amazon.com)
	2.0GHz AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512KB L2 939pin E6 ADA3200DAA4BW	$98.95 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,348
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,363
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,652
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,578
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,016
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,911
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,324
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,768
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,428
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,183
AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,236

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.82
AMD Athlon II X4 640		196.31
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.13
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.72
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,636
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,037
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,928
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,212

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 640
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2071944 - Apr 07 2024		2346
BL2002367 - Jan 21 2024		2318
BL1987359 - Jan 04 2024		2688
BL5054908 - Jan 04 2024		2489
BL1987024 - Jan 04 2024		2562

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 640
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,236
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,952 (-12.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,150 (-3.8%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		4,129 (+84.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,632 (+17.7%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,628 (+17.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,341 (+4.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 641 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,313 (+3.4%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,239 (+0.1%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,610 (+16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 610e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,964 (-12.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,823 (-18.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,822 (-18.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,626
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,257
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,071
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,569
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,173
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,992
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,573
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
AMD Athlon II X4 640		478

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