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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: 33.44

Overall Rank:
3427th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
3293rd fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
949th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $68.02 USD (2026-01-30)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2275
Single Thread Rating
1213

Samples: 1845*
*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 Math6,947 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,024 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,399 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption626.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression50,904 KBytes/Sec
Physics176 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,185 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,213 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 640

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
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


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,284
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,940
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,132
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,275
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.60
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 33.44
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,600
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,560
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 1,213
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 640
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3267006 - Feb 06 2026
1944
BL3257897 - Feb 02 2026
2444
BL3249148 - Jan 29 2026
2499
BL3249039 - Jan 29 2026
2643
BL3245487 - Jan 27 2026
2610
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 640
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,275
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,257 (-0.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,662 (+17.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,562 (+12.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,427 (+6.7%)
Intel Core i5-661 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,387 (+5.0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,378 (+4.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,367 (+4.1%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 1,861 (-18.2%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,618 (+15.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,552 (+12.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 910e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,154 (-5.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 615e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
 2,018 (-11.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
 14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,380
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,775
AMD Athlon II X4 640
 312