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 Dual-channel memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.44 percent of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 7763.
General info
Of Athlon II X4 640 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Technical specs
Basic processor 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.
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.
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 640's memory controller.
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
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario.
3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Athlon II X4 640. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Athlon II X4 640 is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
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 from Intel is Pentium G3430, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 4 positions in our rating.
