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.
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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: 26.50

Overall Rank:
2454th fastest in multithreading out of 5025 CPUs
2384th fastest in single threading out of 5025 CPUs
712th fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3311

Single Thread Rating

1481

Samples: 247*
*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	19,640 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,431 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	13 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,388 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	926.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	55,963 KBytes/Sec
Physics	229 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,039 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,481 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 840

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of March 2025.
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 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,792
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,053
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,512
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,124
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,873
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,202
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,720
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,627
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,311

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.39
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		214.51
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.23
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.24
Intel Core i9-13900K		97.99
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.38
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.21
AMD Athlon X4 840		26.50
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 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,613
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,020
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon X4 840		1,481

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 840
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2467229 - Mar 08 2025		2958
BL2449444 - Mar 01 2025		3196
BL2421527 - Feb 17 2025		3433
BL2383792 - Feb 01 2025		3494
BL2366896 - Jan 25 2025		3053

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 840
As of 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 840		3,311
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,590 (+8.4%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,400 (+2.7%)
AMD A10 PRO-7850B APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,441 (+3.9%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,186 (-3.8%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,061 (+22.6%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,870 (+16.9%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,655 (+10.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,429 (+3.6%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 840		3,202 (-3.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 750 Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,625 (-20.7%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		2,537 (-23.4%)
Intel Core i3-6300T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 840		4,002 (+20.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 840 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,193
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,434
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,857
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,580
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,531
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,830
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,723
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,606
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,459
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,445
AMD Athlon X4 840		451

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