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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: 263.92

Overall Rank:
2869th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2727th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
836th fastest in out of 1449 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 Math17,604 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,731 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,322 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption806.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,655 KBytes/Sec
Physics243 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,101 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,355 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of June 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 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,653
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,488
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,147
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,639
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
263.92
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
236.09
Intel Core i5-12400F
196.85
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
162.57
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
152.87
Intel Core i9-12900K
136.17
Intel Core i9-13900K
133.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.22
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 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,921
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 24th of June 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
2,985 (+13.1%)
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
2,869 (+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
3,234 (+22.5%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,201 (+21.3%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,002 (+13.8%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
3,001 (+13.7%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,993 (+13.4%)
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
2,893 (+9.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,450
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,149
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,299
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,841
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,588
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,275
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,531
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,491
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core
455