AMD Athlon II X4 640 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2022-03-28

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD Athlon II series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM3 socket and was released in Q2/2010. The AMD Athlon II X4 640 scores 386 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,332 points.

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Name:	AMD Athlon II X4 640
Family:	AMD Athlon II
CPU group:	AMD Athlon II X4 (Propus)
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	1
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	AMD Athlon II X4 740

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X4 640 is 3.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

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):	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Athlon II X4 640 uses the no iGPU, which has texture shaders and execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Execution units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type:	DDR3-1333
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth:	--
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0
AES-NI:	No

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

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

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 is made in 45 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	45 nm
Chip design:
Socket:	AM3
L2-Cache:	2.00 MB
L3-Cache:	--
Architecture:	Propus
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:	--

AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz

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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 Q9505 4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz	420
	AMD Athlon II X4 645 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	402
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	396
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	389
	Intel Core i7-4650U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	381
	AMD Athlon II X4 635 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	376
	AMD Athlon II X4 630 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	363

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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.


	AMD Athlon II X4 645 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1520
	Intel Core M-5Y71 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1489
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1477
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1471
	AMD Athlon II X4 635 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1422
	Intel Core i7-7Y75 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1403
	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1395

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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 Athlon II X4 645 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	157
	Intel Core i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	156
	Intel Celeron N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	153
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	152
	Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz	151
	AMD Athlon II X4 635 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	147
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	146

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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.


	Intel Core i5-4310U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	595
	Intel Core i5-5300U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	593
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	584
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	582
	Intel Core i5-L16G7 5C 5T @ 1.80 GHz	577
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	575
	AMD Athlon II X4 635 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	563

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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 16C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	387
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	387
	Intel Pentium B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	387
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	386
	AMD Athlon II X2 245 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	386
	Apple A8X 3C 3T @ 1.50 GHz	386
	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	386

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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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 710A 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1338
	Intel Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1335
	Intel Pentium Silver N5030 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1333
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1332
	Intel Celeron G3900T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	1330
	Intel Core i7-2620M 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1328
	Intel Core i7-3667U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1328

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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 2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz	2165
	AMD A4-6210 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	2164
	AMD A8-3820 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2162
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2161
	Intel Core M-5Y51 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2161
	AMD A6-9220 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	2158
	MediaTek Kompanio 500 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2154

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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.


	Intel Core2 Duo E8600 2C 2T @ 3.33 GHz	563
	Intel Celeron G1820 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	560
	Intel Core i3-6006U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	558
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	557
	AMD A12-9720P 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	543
	Intel Pentium G2010 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	542
	Intel Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	541

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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.


	Intel Core i3-4100U 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	73
	AMD A10-9600P 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	72
	AMD A12-9700P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	72
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	71
	Intel Celeron 3867U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	71
	Intel Core i5-3339Y 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	71
	Intel Celeron 3865U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	71

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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 i5-3380M 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	277
	AMD Athlon II X4 750K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	276
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	276
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	274
	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	274
	Intel Core i5-7Y57 2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz	273
	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	272

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.


	AMD Phenom II X3 740 3C 3T @ 3.00 GHz	1627
	AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 6C 6T @ 3.10 GHz	1621
	Intel Core i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1620
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1618
	AMD Phenom II X2 B55 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1618
	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1618
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1603

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.


	AMD Phenom II X4 940 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5610
	AMD Phenom II X4 945 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5610
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5610
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5604
	Intel Core i5-4258U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	5594
	AMD FX-4130 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	5588
	AMD A10-5800K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	5582

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A4-4020 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	0.86
	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0.86
	AMD FX-6350 6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz	0.86
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0.86
	Intel Celeron 2950M 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	0.86
	AMD A6-6420K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0.85
	AMD Phenom II X4 B93 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	0.85

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X4 820 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3.34
	AMD Phenom II X4 830 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3.34
	AMD Phenom II X4 920 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3.34
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	3.33
	AMD A8-7670K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	3.33
	AMD A10-7870K 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	3.33
	Intel Core i7-6500U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3.32

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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,098 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,093 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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