AMD® Athlon™ X4 740

The AMD Athlon X4 740 is a desktop processor with 4 cores and 4 threads. It launched in Oct 2012. Clocks run from 3.2 GHz base to 3.7 GHz boost. It supports DDR3 memory. It uses the FM2 socket. Rated TDP is 65 W.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 scores 1,357 in single-core performance and 2,646 in multi-core performance (PassMark CPU Mark ratings). From those two ratings Feex computes 1,895 for overall performance, 3,620 for productivity performance, 3,898 for creator performance, 2,547 for engineering performance and 4,733 for gaming performance. Its multi-core throughput works out to 662 per core, 662 per thread and 41 per watt. Its computed efficiency index is 235. Its performance index is 23, so its overall performance is 77% below the Intel Core i5-12400 (index 100). Each bar shows the score as a share of a reference ceiling, which is the larger of the 99th-percentile score across the Feex CPU database and a fixed baseline.

Scores for individual PassMark CPU Mark test categories. Higher is better. These are measured test scores, not computed from the single-core and multi-core ratings.

In the individual workload tests the AMD Athlon X4 740 scores 17,647 in integer math, 4,741 in floating-point math, 43,698 in compression, 807 in cryptography, 244 in physics simulation, 1,105 in vector SIMD, 11 in the prime sieve and 5,326 in sorting. Higher is better. Compared with the Intel Core i5-12400, it is 70% below in integer math, 90% below in floating-point math, 81% below in compression, 93% below in cryptography, 78% below in physics simulation, 93% below in vector SIMD, 84% below in the prime sieve and 76% below in sorting. Each bar shows the score as a share of that workload's reference ceiling, the larger of the 99th-percentile score across CPUs with a recorded value and a fixed baseline.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 has 4 physical cores and runs 4 logical threads. It does not use a hybrid performance and efficiency core layout. It does not support simultaneous multithreading, so its thread count equals its core count. It runs at a base clock of 3.20 GHz and boosts up to 3.70 GHz.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 is a desktop processor and belongs to the AMD Athlon family. It launched in Oct 2012.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 has 320 KB of L1 cache and 8 MB of L2 cache. That adds up to about 8.3 MB of cache, or 2.08 MB per core.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 has a 2-level cache hierarchy: L1 at 320 KB and L2 at 8 MB. L2 is the largest level and makes up about 96% of the cache listed here.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 supports DDR3 memory and runs memory at up to 1,866 MT/s. It does not support DDR5, DDR4 and LPDDR memory.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 uses the FM2 socket.

The AMD Athlon X4 740 has a rated TDP of 65 W.

Instruction sets, security, virtualization, AI acceleration and OS readiness. Features are listed as supported, explicitly not supported, or not recorded; a feature that is not recorded is not the same as unsupported.

Feex has recorded 44% of the specifications it tracks for the AMD Athlon X4 740. Values Feex does not hold are shown as "Not recorded" rather than estimated.

Not recorded: Core Configuration: Efficiency Cores, All-Core Boost and Unlocked Multiplier. Architecture & Generation: Codename, ISA Family and Market Status. Cache: L2 Cache (per Core) and L4 Cache. Memory Support: Memory Channels, Memory Bandwidth and ECC Memory. Graphics: Integrated Graphics, Graphics Model, Graphics Base Clock, Graphics Max Clock, Execution Units, Display Outputs and Max Video Memory. Platform & Compatibility: Package, Package Size and PCIe Lanes. Power & Thermals: Base Power, Maximum Turbo Power, Configurable TDP (Min), Configurable TDP (Max), Max Junction Temperature and Tcase. Physical & Manufacturing: Transistor Count, Die Size, Die Count, Foundry and Launch Price. Naming & Aliases: SKU, Model Number, Processor Number and Part Number.

Processors that use the same FM2 socket as the AMD Athlon X4 740 and have the closest multi-core scores in the Feex database include AMD A8-5500 APU, AMD A8-5500B APU, AMD Athlon X4 750, AMD A10-5700 APU and AMD A8-5600K APU.