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.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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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: 43.00

Overall Rank: 2717

Last Price Change: $52.02 USD (2023-04-21)

Average CPU Mark

2237

Single Thread Rating: 1212
Samples: 1785*
*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	6,913 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,011 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,423 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	611.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	51,082 KBytes/Sec
Physics	175 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,143 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,212 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 640

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of May 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of May 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!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History

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	2.0GHz AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512KB L2 939pin E6 ADA3200DAA4BW	$79.95 (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)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,324
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,381
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,185
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,631
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,025
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,908
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,314
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,764
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,475
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,184
AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,237

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		211.48
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		151.83
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		140.96
Intel Core i9-12900K		124.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		121.41
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.67
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.59
AMD Athlon II X4 640		43.00
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 May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,633
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,171
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,035
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,927
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,702
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,471
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
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
BL2103638 - May 18 2024		2380
BL2085216 - Apr 24 2024		2263
BL2079724 - Apr 16 2024		2635
BL2071944 - Apr 07 2024		2346
BL2002367 - Jan 21 2024		2318

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 May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,237
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,621 (+17.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,401 (+7.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,347 (+4.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,224 (-0.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,215 (-1.0%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,847 (-17.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,512 (+12.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,470 (+10.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,340 (+4.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 615e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,000 (-10.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,777 (-20.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,141 (-4.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,644
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,271
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,069
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,557
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,406
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,145
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,001
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,878
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,558
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,519
AMD Athlon II X4 640		479

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