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: 26.55

Overall Rank:
2351st fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2275th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
693rd fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3318

Single Thread Rating

1488

Samples: 240*
*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	19,679 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,425 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,468 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	924.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,152 KBytes/Sec
Physics	231 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,040 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,488 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 840

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th 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 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,111
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,595
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,084
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,567
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,318

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.32
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		153.98
Intel Core i9-13900K		132.58
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.45
AMD Athlon X4 840		26.55
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 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
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		1,488

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 840
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2256567 - Nov 26 2024		3310
BL2256151 - Nov 26 2024		2957
BL2215223 - Oct 09 2024		3499
BL2193599 - Sep 13 2024		3453
BL2192900 - Sep 12 2024		3475

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 840
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,318
AMD A10 PRO-7850B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,459 (+4.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,434 (+3.5%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,207 (-3.3%)
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%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,659 (+10.3%)
AMD A12-9800 vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,611 (+8.8%)
Intel Core i3-4350 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,548 (+7.0%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,539 (+6.7%)
AMD A10-6800B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,106 (-6.4%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,105 (-6.4%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,136 (+24.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 840 Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,277
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,197
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,892
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,695
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,751
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,561
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,929
AMD Athlon X4 840		455

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