AMD Athlon X4 840

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 840 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. 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.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon X4 840

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 840 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2015

CPUmark/$Price: 26.55

Overall Rank:
2461st fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2392nd fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
714th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $124.95 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3318

Single Thread Rating

1482

Samples: 249*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,081
Thread: 1,589

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 840

Integer Math	19,646 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,429 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,397 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	929.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,071 KBytes/Sec
Physics	230 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,040 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,482 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 840

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,318

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD Athlon X4 840		26.55
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA
Intel Core i9-12900K		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon X4 840		1,482

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 840
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2495668 - Mar 20 2025		3506
BL2490818 - Mar 18 2025		3529
BL2467229 - Mar 08 2025		2958
BL2449444 - Mar 01 2025		3196
BL2421527 - Feb 17 2025		3433

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 840
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,318
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,393 (+2.3%)
AMD A10 PRO-7850B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,441 (+3.7%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,188 (-3.9%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,060 (+22.4%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,655 (+10.2%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,208 (-3.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 750 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,625 (-20.9%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,537 (-23.5%)
Intel Core i3-6300T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,002 (+20.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,663 (+10.4%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,544 (+6.8%)
AMD A10-6800B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,155 (-4.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 840 Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Athlon X4 840		453

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