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: 263.68

Overall Rank:
2737th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
2599th fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
800th fastest in out of 1414 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 Math	17,677 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,741 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,347 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	804.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,667 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,099 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,355 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of February 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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,851
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,375
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,063
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,549
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,877
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,205
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,722
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,637

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		263.68
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		218.79
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		196.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.67
Intel Core i9-12900K		139.78
Intel Core i9-13900K		120.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.47
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.34
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,149
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
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 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 26th of February 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		2,980 (+13.0%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,955 (+12.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,865 (+8.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,270 (-13.9%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,228 (+22.4%)
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		3,008 (+14.1%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,000 (+13.8%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,980 (+13.0%)
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,595
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,573
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,840
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,565
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,366
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,183
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,021
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		454

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