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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.

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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: 263.68

Overall Rank:
2760th fastest in multithreading out of 5034 CPUs
2624th fastest in single threading out of 5034 CPUs
805th fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2637
Single Thread Rating
1355

Samples: 305*
*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 Math17,677 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,741 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,347 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption804.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,667 KBytes/Sec
Physics242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,099 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,355 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th 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 29th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,754
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,498
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,197
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,634
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,145
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,637
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 29th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
263.68
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
236.43
Intel Core i9-12900K
130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
101.30
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.35
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 29th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,681
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 740 Quad Core
1,355
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2409589 - Feb 12 2025
2816
BL2372705 - Jan 28 2025
2293
BL2338807 - Jan 12 2025
2868
BL2305687 - Dec 28 2024
2766
BL2296459 - Dec 23 2024
2864
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 29th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,637
AMD Athlon II X4 641 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,313 (-12.3%)
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
2,979 (+13.0%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,956 (+12.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,859 (+8.4%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,273 (-13.8%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,232 (+22.6%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,188 (+20.9%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,005 (+14.0%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,002 (+13.9%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,988 (+13.3%)
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,895 (+9.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?
As of 29th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,187
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,340
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,538
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,698
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,530
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,407
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
9,292
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
454