AMD Phenom II X4 840

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 840 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 Phenom II X4 840

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 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

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 79.98

Overall Rank:
2720th fastest in multithreading out of 4834 CPUs
2577th fastest in single threading out of 4834 CPUs
800th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $30.00 USD (2023-04-09)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2399

Single Thread Rating

1297

Samples: 717*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,409
Thread: 1,087

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 840

Integer Math	7,538 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,627 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,989 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	623.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	55,831 KBytes/Sec
Physics	188 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,244 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,297 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 840

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of September 2024.
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 11th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,131
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,486
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,128
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,609
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,867
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,274
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,536
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,168
AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,399

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		239.90
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		182.42
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		157.54
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		138.57
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
AMD Phenom II X4 840		79.98
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.11
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,624
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,909
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Phenom II X4 840		1,297

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 840
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2163255 - Aug 07 2024		2702
BL2140648 - Jul 08 2024		1796
BL2126419 - Jun 18 2024		2686
BL2109367 - May 25 2024		2823
BL2075558 - Apr 11 2024		2776

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 840
As of 11th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,399
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,247 (-6.3%)
AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		1,879 (-21.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		1,847 (-23.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,129 (-11.3%)
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		4,117 (+71.6%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,822 (+17.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 970 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,739 (+14.1%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,610 (+8.8%)
Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,582 (+7.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,189 (-8.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		2,156 (-10.1%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 840		1,957 (-18.4%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 840 Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,318
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,269
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,240
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,035
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,091
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,963
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,781
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
AMD Phenom II X4 840		261

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