Athlon X4 740 vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+52.1%
Athlon X4 740
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.65

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Athlon X4 740 by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17552081
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency15.842.40
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB192K
L2 cache1 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors4500 Million1,303 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP5FM2
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Athlon X4 740.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes12no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+52.1%
Athlon X4 740 1.65

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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+51.9%
Athlon X4 740 2626

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon Gold 3150U 814
+116%
Athlon X4 740 377

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1669
+87.1%
Athlon X4 740 892

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 1.65
Recency 6 January 2020 2 October 2012
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 52.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon X4 740, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X4 740 in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 740 is a desktop one.


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