AMD Athlon X4 740

older Released October, 2012

3.2 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

0.9 Out of 10 CPUBoss Score

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Athlon X4 740 6.5 Core i3 3220 6.1 A8 5500 6.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Athlon X4 740 4.8 Core i3 3220 6.1 A8 5500 4.7
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Athlon X4 740 0.0 Core i3 3220 4.4 A8 5500 6.9
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Athlon X4 740 0.0 Core i3 3220 4.5 A8 5500 6.9
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Athlon X4 740 0.3 Core i3 3220 4.6 A8 5500 4.7
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Athlon X4 740 n.d. Core i3 3220 5.4 A8 5500 n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

0.9	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Athlon X4 740 0.9 Core i3 3220 4.9 A8 5500 5.9

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon X4 740
5,068

5,399

4,972

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon X4 740
1,812

2,501

1,806

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon X4 740
2,030,000 MB/s

173,000 MB/s

2,070,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Athlon X4 740
4,945

5,351

4,891

GeekBench

Athlon X4 740
4,945

8,919

5,885

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Athlon X4 740
3,150

4,030

3,080

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Athlon X4 740
3,997

4,229

3,986

PassMark (Single Core)

Athlon X4 740
1,292

1,764

1,270

summary

Clock speed	3.2 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.7 GHz
Cores	Quad core
Is unlocked	Yes

features

Has a NX bit	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes
Instruction set extensions	AES AMD-V AMD64 AVX 1.1 CLMUL CVT16 F16C FMA4 MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 SSE4a XOP
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes

integrated graphics

GPU	None
Label	None
Latest DirectX	None
Number of displays supported	None
GPU clock speed	None
Turbo clock speed	None
3DMark06	None

bus

Clock speed	2,000 MHz

details

Architecture	x86-64
Threads	4 threads
L2 cache	4 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm
Transistor count	1,303,000,000
Max CPUs	1
Die size	246 mm²
Voltage range	0.82 - 1.48V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 73°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity	13
Overclock review score	0
Overclocked clock speed	4.21 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.21 GHz

power consumption

TDP	65W
Annual home energy cost	15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	12.36 pt/W
Typical power consumption	52.81W

memory controller

Memory controller	Built-in
Memory type	DDR3-1866

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