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AMD Athlon II X4 640

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X4 640 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.

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


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: 47.23

Overall Rank:
3175th fastest in multithreading out of 5277 CPUs
3070th fastest in single threading out of 5277 CPUs
902nd fastest in out of 1452 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $48.02 USD (2024-10-15)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2268
Single Thread Rating
1212

Samples: 1822*
*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 Math6,949 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,031 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,423 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption623.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression51,143 KBytes/Sec
Physics176 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,175 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,212 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 640

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$48.02 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 20th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,606
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,007
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,422
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,498
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,151
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,701
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,148
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,268
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 228.55
Intel Core i5-12400F
 178.89
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 151.25
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 141.03
Intel Core i9-13900K
 135.04
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.16
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 47.23
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 45.49
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 20th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,609
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,919
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,562
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 1,212
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 640
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2714415 - Jun 23 2025
2536
BL2688184 - Jun 11 2025
2584
BL2654466 - May 27 2025
2552
BL2625150 - May 15 2025
2546
BL2572315 - Apr 22 2025
2256
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 640
As of 20th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,268
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,251 (-0.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 970 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,743 (+20.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,427 (+7.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,360 (+4.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,249 (-0.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,242 (-1.1%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 1,858 (-18.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,536 (+11.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,414 (+6.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 615e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,000 (-11.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 1,995 (-12.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,375 (+4.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,400
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,142
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,279
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,838
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,569
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,479
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,275
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,823
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,798
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,597
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,532
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,450
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 312