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Athlon II X4 640

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 44.8% (936th of 1442)

Based on 18,839 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00100F53, , 178BFBFF00100FA0 Model: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor
Poor: 33%Average: 44.8% Great: 53%
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 averaged 55.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 62.5Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 43.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Athlon II X4 640 is just 20%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Athlon II X4 640 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 162Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 161Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,839 samples)
Rank 93644.8%
Min Avg Max
46.5 Memory 62.5 76.5
32.9 1-Core 43.1 47.2
60.7 2-Core 85.8 95
40.3% 63.8 Pts
Min Avg Max
90.8 4-Core 158 184
105 8-Core 161 184
21.2% 159 Pts
Min Avg Max
109 64-Core 162 185
10% 162 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
50.6% Above average
Memory 73.8
1-Core 42
2-Core 86
44% 67.3 Pts
4-Core 161
8-Core 161
22% 161 Pts
64-Core 162
10% 162 Pts
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 69.9
1-Core 43.5
2-Core 87.6
43% 67 Pts
4-Core 172
8-Core 173
23% 172 Pts
64-Core 173
11% 173 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 72
1-Core 43.8
2-Core 88.4
44% 68.1 Pts
4-Core 159
8-Core 163
22% 161 Pts
64-Core 164
10% 164 Pts
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
48% Average
Memory 69
1-Core 43.9
2-Core 86.6
43% 66.5 Pts
4-Core 158
8-Core 158
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 162
10% 162 Pts
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
46.3% Average
Memory 63.4
1-Core 46.4
2-Core 94.3
42% 68 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 172
23% 171 Pts
64-Core 172
11% 172 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
44.6% Average
Memory 64.3
1-Core 48.2
2-Core 100
44% 71 Pts
4-Core 147
8-Core 148
20% 147 Pts
64-Core 148
9% 148 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
42.4% Average
Memory 55.7
1-Core 43.3
2-Core 87.7
38% 62.2 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 172
23% 171 Pts
64-Core 172
11% 172 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
42.3% Average
Memory 51.3
1-Core 52.8
2-Core 105
41% 69.6 Pts
4-Core 192
8-Core 195
26% 194 Pts
64-Core 193
12% 193 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
38.4% Below average
Memory 48.6
1-Core 43.1
2-Core 88.5
36% 60.1 Pts
4-Core 164
8-Core 160
22% 162 Pts
64-Core 165
10% 165 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: HP p6710f

CPU
Athlon II X4 640AMD  $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples25x
GPU
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 10,090 samples9x
FirePro V4800 (FireGL V)ATIBench 6%, 1,889 samples2x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples2x
SSD
S280-120GB 120GBKingdianBench 68%, 24 samples2x
CS900 120GBPNY  $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples1x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples1x
RAM
99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 16GBKingstonBench 28%, 9 samples4x
8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 2x2GBMicronBench 41%, 1,140 samples2x
HP497157-D88-ELFWG Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 4GBKingstonBench 35%, 4 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $70

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3 months ago.

I have an Athlon 2 640 paired with an Nvidia Quadro K4200 as my 2nd gaming pc. Love it

AUS-User
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Excellent

5 years ago.

Budget higher-end I bought back in ~2010, still used in the family PC to this day.

TheWildShadow55
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Average

5 years ago.

Considering how old it is, it works well even with a GTX 1050

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