Athlon 64 FX-74: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 64 FX-74 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.61% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Athlon 64 FX-74 sales on November 2006 at a recommended price of $500. This is a Windsor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket F processor with a TDP of 125 Watt. It supports DDR1 memory.
Primary details
Athlon 64 FX-74 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2799 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.13 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 0.46 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2007) | |
| Release date | November 2006 (18 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $500 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 235 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 227 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 FX-74 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | F | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-74's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 FX-74. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon 64 FX-74 is Core 2 Duo E6700, which is faster by 2% and higher by 9 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 FX-74, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 FX-74 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 4 configurations using Athlon 64 FX-74 in our database.
