AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core 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 740 Quad Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 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 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 740 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 262.65

Overall Rank:
2659th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2527th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
787th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $10.00 USD (2023-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2626

Single Thread Rating

1355

Samples: 300*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,248
Thread: 1,298

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Integer Math	17,677 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,745 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,357 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	799.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,500 KBytes/Sec
Physics	241 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,091 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,355 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,626

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		262.65
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
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		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		1,355

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2126961 - Jun 19 2024		2403
BL2065878 - Mar 31 2024		2640
BL2055266 - Mar 19 2024		2094
BL1981859 - Dec 29 2023		2810
BL5054294 - Dec 23 2023		2809

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,626
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,245 (-14.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 641 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,313 (-11.9%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,122 (-19.2%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,981 (+13.5%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,963 (+12.8%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,854 (+8.7%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,327 (-11.4%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,267 (-13.7%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		1,956 (-25.5%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,219 (+22.6%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,003 (+14.3%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,998 (+14.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		452

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