AMD Athlon X4 840

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon X4 840 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD Athlon X4 840

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 840 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2015

CPUmark/$Price: 26.56

Overall Rank:
2242nd fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
2186th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
659th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $124.95 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3319

Single Thread Rating

1488

Samples: 234*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,081
Thread: 1,589

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 840

Integer Math	19,691 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,424 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,513 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	923.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,193 KBytes/Sec
Physics	232 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,039 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,488 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 840

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of July 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,319

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
AMD Athlon X4 840		26.56
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon X4 840		1,488

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 840
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2053182 - Mar 16 2024		3490
BL1937067 - Nov 01 2023		3540
BL1927420 - Oct 19 2023		3534
BL1877084 - Aug 06 2023		3324
BL1782787 - Mar 31 2023		3386

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 840
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,319
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,140 (+24.7%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,404 (+2.6%)
AMD A10 PRO-7850B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,453 (+4.0%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,100 (+23.5%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,080 (+22.9%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,867 (+16.5%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,664 (+10.4%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,593 (+8.3%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,204 (-3.5%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,633 (-20.7%)
AMD Athlon X4 750 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,625 (-20.9%)
Intel Core i3-6300T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,002 (+20.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 840 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD Athlon X4 840		456

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