Athlon II X4 640 [in 4 benchmarks]
AMD
Athlon II X4 640
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Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon II X4 640 sales 11 May 2010 at a recommended price of $80. This is a Propus architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is
AMD Socket AM3
processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
1.78%
of a leader’s which is AMD EPYC 9654.
EPYC
9654
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General info
Athlon II X4 640 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 1911 | |
| Place by popularity | 57 | |
| Value for money | 2.92 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Propus (2009−2011) | |
| Release date | 11 May 2010 (12 years old) |
|
| Launch price (MSRP) | $80 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $66 (0.8x MSRP) | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
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Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 7.3 (Ryzen 9 7900) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 32768 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | — |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X4 640 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc.
Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM3 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 640’s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon II X4 640. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Athlon II X4 640
1.78
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
- 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation.
There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 67%
Athlon II X4 640
2208
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Athlon II X4 640
363
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Athlon II X4 640
1223
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Benchmark coverage: 4%
Athlon II X4 640
4150
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Athlon II X4 640.
Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 4.1 Mh/s |
Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon II X4 640 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel Celeron G3930TE
100.56
Intel Core i5-650
100.56
AMD Phenom II X4 925
100
AMD Athlon II X4 640
100
Intel Pentium G3460
99.44
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
99.44
Intel Celeron G3900
98.88
Athlon II X4 640 Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon II X4 640 from Intel is Core i5-650, which is faster by 1% and higher by 6 positions in our rating.
Core i5
650
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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Athlon II X4 640:
Intel Core i3-3225
101.12
Intel Celeron G3930TE
100.56
Intel Core i5-650
100.56
AMD Athlon II X4 640
100
Intel Pentium G3460
99.44
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
99.44
Intel Celeron G3900
98.88
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Best GPU for Athlon II X4 640
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon II X4 640, according to our PC configuration statistics.
GeForce GTS
450
6%
GeForce GTX
650
4.9%
GeForce GTX
550 Ti
4.8%
GeForce GTX
1050 Ti
4.2%
GeForce GTX
750 Ti
4.2%
GeForce GT
1030
3.6%
GeForce GT
730
3.2%
GeForce GT
630
2.
7%
Radeon RX
550
2.7%
GeForce GT
710
2.5%
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon II X4 640 in our user configuration statistics.
There is a total of 13880 configurations based on Athlon II X4 640 in our database.
GeForce RTX
4090
0.09% (12/13880)
GeForce RTX
3090 Ti
0.2% (23/13880)
GeForce RTX
3080 Ti
0.2% (25/13880)
GeForce RTX
3090
0.
2% (22/13880)
Radeon RX
6900 XT
0.06% (9/13880)
GeForce RTX
3080
0.007% (1/13880)
GeForce RTX
3070
0.06% (8/13880)
GeForce RTX
2080 Ti
0.02% (3/13880)
Radeon RX
6800
0.03% (4/13880)
GeForce RTX
3060 Ti
0.04% (6/13880)
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Athlon II X4 640 processor [in 4 benchmarks]
AMD
Athlon II X4 640
- Interface
- Core frequency
- Video memory size
- Memory type
- Memory frequency
- Maximum resolution
Description
AMD started AMD Athlon II X4 640 sales on May 11, 2010 at a suggested price of $80.
This is a desktop processor based on the Propus architecture, primarily designed for office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads and is manufactured using 45 nm process technology, the maximum frequency is 3000 MHz, the multiplier is locked. nine0005
In terms of compatibility, this is a socket processor
AMD socket AM3
with TDP 95W. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
1.78%
from the leader which is AMD EPYC 9654.
EPYC
9654
Compare
General information
Value for money
To obtain an index, we compare the characteristics of processors and their cost, taking into account the cost of other processors.
- 0
- 50
- 100
Features
Athlon II X4 640 quantitative parameters such as number of cores and threads, clock speeds, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. They indirectly speak about the performance of the processor, but for an accurate assessment, you need to consider the results of the tests. nine0005
| RAM | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
periphery
Athlon II X4 640 supported peripherals and how to connect them.
| Aviation PCI Express | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
Tests in the benchmarks
These are the results of the Athlon II X4 640 performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest processor at the moment.
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Overall performance in tests
This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Athlon II X4 640
1.78
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
- 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widely used benchmark that consists of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point calculations, extended instruction tests, compression, encryption, and game physics calculations. Also includes a separate single-threaded test.
Benchmark coverage: 67%
Athlon II X4 640
nine0040 2208
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real world tasks that can accurately measure performance.
This version uses only one processor core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Athlon II X4 640
363
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real world tasks that can be used to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available processor cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Athlon II X4 640
1223
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Benchmark coverage: 4%
nine0003 Athlon II X4 640
4150
Mining hashrates
Athlon II X4 640 performance in cryptocurrency mining. Usually the result is measured in mhash / s — the number of millions of solutions generated by the video card in one second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 4.1 Mh/s |
Relative performance
Athlon II X4 640 overall performance compared to its closest competitor desktop processors.
Intel Celeron G3930TE
100.56
Intel Core i5-650
100.56
AMD Phenom II X4 925
100
AMD Athlon II X4 640
100
nine0003 Intel Pentium G3460
99.44
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
99.44
Intel Celeron G3900
98.88
Competitor from Intel
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon II X4 640 from Intel is Core i5-650, which is slower by 1% and higher by 6 positions in our rating on average.
Core i5
nine0040 650
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Here are some of Intel’s closest competitors to the Athlon II X4 640:
Intel Core i3-3225
101.12
Intel Celeron G3930TE
100.
56
Intel Core i5-650
100.56
AMD Athlon II X4 640
100
Intel Pentium G3460
99.44
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
99.44
Intel Celeron G3900
98.88
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Best graphics cards for Athlon II X4 640
We have 13880 configurations based on Athlon II X4 640 in our database.
According to statistics, the following video cards are most often used with Athlon II X4 640:
GeForce GTS
450
6%
GeForce GTX
650
4.9%
GeForce GTX
550 Ti
4.8%
GeForce GTX
1050 Ti
4.2%
GeForce GTX
750 Ti
nine0004
4.2%
GeForce GT
1030
3.6%
GeForce GT
730
3.2%
GeForce GT
630
2.7%
Radeon RX
550
nine0002 2.
7%
GeForce GT
710
2.5%
Here are the most powerful video cards used with Athlon II X4 640 according to user statistics:
GeForce RTX
4090
0.09% (12/13880)
GeForce RTX
3090 Ti
0.2% (23/13880)
GeForce RTX
3080 Ti
0.2% (25/13880)
GeForce RTX
3090
0.2% (22/13880)
Radeon RX
6900XT
0.06% (9/13880)
GeForce RTX
3080
0.007% (1/13880)
GeForce RTX
3070
0.