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: 264.60

Overall Rank:
3176th fastest in multithreading out of 5777 CPUs
2982nd fastest in single threading out of 5777 CPUs
879th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2646

Single Thread Rating

1357

Samples: 312*
*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	17,647 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,741 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,326 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	807.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,698 KBytes/Sec
Physics	244 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,105 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,357 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
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 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,454
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,301
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,646

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		264.60
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
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
BL3158082 - Dec 23 2025		2626
BL3025588 - Nov 03 2025		3010
BL2714102 - Jun 22 2025		2810
BL2709794 - Jun 20 2025		2171
BL2707627 - Jun 19 2025		2698

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 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,646
AMD Athlon II X4 641 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,313 (-12.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,118 (-19.9%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,993 (+13.1%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,968 (+12.2%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,861 (+8.1%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,615 (-1.2%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,275 (-14.0%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,219 (+21.6%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,194 (+20.7%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,011 (+13.8%)
Intel Core i5-3470T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		3,001 (+13.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		2,977 (+12.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,385
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,181
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
AMD Athlon X4 740 Quad Core		457

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