AMD Athlon X4 840

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 840 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. 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.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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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: 26.61

Overall Rank:
2340th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
2268th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
688th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3325

Single Thread Rating

1487

Samples: 238*
*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	5,425 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,494 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	927.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,381 KBytes/Sec
Physics	232 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,041 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,487 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 840

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of November 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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Pricing History

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,006
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,473
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,594
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,865
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,157
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,325

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.35
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.46
AMD Athlon X4 840		26.61
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,801
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon X4 840		1,487

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 840
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2215223 - Oct 09 2024		3499
BL2193599 - Sep 13 2024		3453
BL2192900 - Sep 12 2024		3475
BL2192873 - Sep 12 2024		3154
BL2053182 - Mar 16 2024		3490

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 840
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,325
AMD A10 PRO-7850B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,459 (+4.0%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,205 (-3.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 750 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,625 (-21.1%)
Intel Core i3-6300T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,002 (+20.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,659 (+10.1%)
AMD A12-9800 vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,611 (+8.6%)
Intel Core i3-4350 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,548 (+6.7%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,533 (+6.2%)
AMD A10-6800B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,106 (-6.6%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,105 (-6.6%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,137 (+24.4%)
AMD Athlon 200GE vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,114 (+23.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 840 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,219
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,207
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,892
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,731
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,310
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,942
AMD Athlon X4 840		457

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