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: 263.52

Overall Rank:
2660th fastest in multithreading out of 4918 CPUs
2528th fastest in single threading out of 4918 CPUs
785th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2635

Single Thread Rating

1357

Samples: 302*
*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	17,708 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,751 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,347 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	803.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,604 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,095 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,357 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of January 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of January 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 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,913
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,430
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,090
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,585
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,102
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,886
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,236
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,738
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,586
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,635

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		263.52
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		195.20
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		177.47
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.18
Intel Core i9-12900K		143.36
Intel Core i9-13900K		94.04
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.56
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.42
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 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,026
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,926
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		1,357

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2305687 - Dec 28 2024		2766
BL2296459 - Dec 23 2024		2864
BL2126961 - Jun 19 2024		2403
BL2065878 - Mar 31 2024		2640
BL2055266 - Mar 19 2024		2094

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 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,635
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,246 (-14.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 641 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,313 (-12.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,122 (-19.5%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,981 (+13.1%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,965 (+12.5%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,851 (+8.2%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,329 (-11.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,268 (-13.9%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		1,955 (-25.8%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,221 (+22.2%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,003 (+13.9%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,998 (+13.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,219
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,879
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,804
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,614
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,318
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,866
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,544
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,519
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,262
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,257
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,160
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,920
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		454

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