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AMD Athlon LE-1640

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon LE-1640 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 LE-1640

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor LE-1640

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 3.36

Overall Rank:
5166th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
4896th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
1414th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $127.95 USD (2025-12-04)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

430

Single Thread Rating

489

^%
Samples: 63*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 659
Thread: 752

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon LE-1640

Integer Math	NA
Floating Point Math	NA
Find Prime Numbers	NA
Random String Sorting	NA
Data Encryption	NA
Data Compression	NA
Physics	NA
Extended Instructions	NA
Single Thread	489 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon LE-1640

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of February 2026

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

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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 LE-1640		430

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 LE-1640		3.36
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 LE-1640		489

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon LE-1640
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon LE-1640		430
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		332 (-22.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		340 (-20.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		394 (-8.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		367 (-14.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		305 (-29.1%)
Intel Celeron E1200 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		516 (+20.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		404 (-5.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		317 (-26.2%)
AMD Sempron LE-1250 vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		301 (-30.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 2800+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		295 (-31.3%)
AMD Sempron 3200+ vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		251 (-41.6%)
AMD Sempron 140 vs AMD Athlon LE-1640		511 (+19.0%)