AMD Athlon II X4 640: specs and benchmarks

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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