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: 263.92

Overall Rank:
2943rd fastest in multithreading out of 5274 CPUs
2786th fastest in single threading out of 5274 CPUs
838th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2639

Single Thread Rating

1355

Samples: 310*
*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	17,604 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,731 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,322 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	806.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,655 KBytes/Sec
Physics	243 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,101 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,355 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,615
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,008
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,428
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,495
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,154
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,701
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,656
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,149
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,639

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		263.92
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		229.62
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.87
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		152.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		137.51
Intel Core i9-13900K		135.06
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.18
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.50
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 17th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,609
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
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
BL2714102 - Jun 22 2025		2810
BL2709794 - Jun 20 2025		2171
BL2707627 - Jun 19 2025		2698
BL2707402 - Jun 19 2025		2786
BL2632427 - May 17 2025		2842

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 17th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,639
AMD Athlon II X4 641 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,313 (-12.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,118 (-19.7%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,989 (+13.3%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,958 (+12.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,868 (+8.7%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,276 (-13.8%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,235 (+22.6%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,200 (+21.3%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,003 (+13.8%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,002 (+13.8%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,970 (+12.5%)
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,894 (+9.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,410
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,145
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,283
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,836
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,564
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,474
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,798
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,790
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,618
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,528
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,474
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		455

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