AMD Athlon II X4 640 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Athlon II X4 640 was released in Q2/2010 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket AM3. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the AMD Athlon II X4 640 achieved a result of 386 points (single-core) or 1,332 points (multi-core).
AMD Athlon II X4 640

At a glance

Name: AMD Athlon II X4 640
Family: AMD Athlon II (52)
CPU group: AMD Athlon II X4 (Propus) (10)
Architecture: Propus
Technology: 45 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 1
Predecessor: --
Successor: AMD Athlon II X4 740

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X4 640 is 3.00 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): --

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 supports a maximum of 16 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 21.3 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1333
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 16 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0
PCIe Bandwidth: --

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 has a TDP of 95 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 95 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The AMD Athlon II X4 640 is made in 45 nm and has 2.00 MB cache.

Technology: 45 nm
Chip design:
Socket: AM3
L2-Cache: 2.00 MB
L3-Cache: --
AES-NI: No
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
Release date: Q2/2010
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: --

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Athlon II X4 640 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
427
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
420
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
402
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
389
AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
376
AMD Athlon II X4 630 AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
363
AMD Athlon II X4 620e AMD Athlon II X4 620e
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
340

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
1616
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz
1587
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1520
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1471
AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1422
AMD Athlon II X4 630 AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1373
Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1311

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom C3955 Intel Atom C3955
16C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
387
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
387
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
387
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
386
AMD Athlon II X2 245 AMD Athlon II X2 245
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
386
AMD Phenom II X4 830 AMD Phenom II X4 830
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
385
AMD Athlon II X3 450 AMD Athlon II X3 450
3C 3T @ 3.20 GHz
384

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron G3930T Intel Celeron G3930T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
1350
AMD Phenom II X4 945 AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1343
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1341
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1332
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1330
Intel Core i3-3210 Intel Core i3-3210
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1328
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1326

Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
161
AMD Phenom II X3 720 AMD Phenom II X3 720
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz
159
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
157
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
152
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
151
AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
147
AMD A6-3650 AMD A6-3650
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
145

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
611
AMD Phenom II X4 945 AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
606
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon II X4 645
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
601
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
582
AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
563
AMD Athlon II X4 630 AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
544
AMD A6-3650 AMD A6-3650
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
542

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium G3430 Intel Pentium G3430
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
2165
AMD A4-6210 AMD A4-6210
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
2164
AMD A8-3820 AMD A8-3820
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2162
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2161
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2135
AMD Phenom II X2 560 AMD Phenom II X2 560
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
2124
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
2110

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Phenom II X4 945 AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
564
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C 2T @ 3.33 GHz
563
Intel Celeron G1820 Intel Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
560
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
557
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
542
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz
525
Intel Celeron G1620 Intel Celeron G1620
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
524

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
74
AMD FX-6100 AMD FX-6100
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
73
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
6C 6T @ 1.90 GHz
73
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
71
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz
71
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
71
AMD A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
69

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-3210 Intel Core i3-3210
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
282
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
280
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
276
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
274
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
274
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
272
Intel Core i3-3250T Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
271

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