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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AMD Athlon II X4 640

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 134.39

Overall Rank: 2193

Last Price Change: $16.43 USD (2023-02-01)

Average CPU Mark

2208

Single Thread Rating: 1206
Samples: 1748*
*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	6,887 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,984 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	600.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	49.7 MBytes/Sec
Physics	174 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,118 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,206 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of February 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 640

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of February 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of February 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$64.04 USD	Buy Now!
	$16.43 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, AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5, 512 GB SSD, USB 3, 802.11AC WiFi & Win 11 Prof #6873	$333.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink 8th Generation Intel i5-8279U Processor（up to 4.1GHz）, SEi8 Mini PC with 16G DDR4 RAM/500GB M.2 NVME SSD,Supports 6MB Smart Cache,4K Dual HDMI,WIFI5,BT5.0	$399.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Empowered PC Continuum Micro Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen 3 5300G with AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, 500W PSU, AC WiFi, Windows 11 Home) Gamer Computer	$499.99 (www.amazon.com)
	CHUWI HeroBox Mini PC,Windows 11 Mini Desktop Computer,Intel Celeron N5100 Quad Core Processor, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD,Dual WiFi/BT/Gigabit Ethernet/VESA / 4K HD/USB 3.0/Support 2TB SATA Extension	$149.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 3rd of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,581
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,753
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,688
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,162
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,962
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,933
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,564
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,795
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,555
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,268
AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,208

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of February 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		171.95
AMD Athlon II X4 640		134.39
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		132.13
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		114.01
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.83
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.97
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		41.70
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		31.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 3rd of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,208
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,060
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,827
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,730
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,206

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 640
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1712818 - Jan 05 2023		2102
BL1712778 - Jan 05 2023		2353
BL1709128 - Jan 01 2023		2110
BL1708263 - Dec 31 2022		2754
BL1708205 - Dec 30 2022		2749

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 640
As of 3rd of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,208
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,325 (+5.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,158 (-2.3%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,575 (+16.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 610e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,871 (-15.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,797 (-18.6%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,601 (+17.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 605e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,957 (-11.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,711 (-22.5%)
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,683 (+21.5%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,634 (+19.3%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		2,226 (+0.8%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640		1,985 (-10.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 640 Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,633
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,563
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,106
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,697
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,676
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,647
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,519
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,510
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,437
AMD Athlon II X4 640		242

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