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AMD Athlon II X4 640: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon II X4 640 sales 11 May 2010 at a recommended price of $80. This is 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
of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX.
General info
Of Athlon II X4 640 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in performance rating | 1756 | |
Value for money | 2.92 | |
Market segment | Desktop processor | |
Architecture codename | Propus (2009−2011) | |
Release date | 11 May 2010 (12 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $80 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
Price now | $52 (0.7x MSRP) | of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
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 5.5 (Core i9-12900KS) |
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 5 (Apple M1) |
Die size | 169 mm2 | |
Number of transistors | 300 million | of 57000 (Apple M1 Max) |
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 4800 (Ryzen 9 6980HX) |
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.
- Passmark
- 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
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.
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
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 equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon II X4 640 by Intel is Pentium G3460, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our rating.
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