Athlon II X3 440 vs Athlon II X4 740

Place in the ranking	2067	2424
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	6.18
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	no data	1.08
Architecture codename	Piledriver	Rana (2009−2011)
Release date	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)	25 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$71	$47

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon II X3 440 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	4	3
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	169 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon II X3 440 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	Socket FM2	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 watt	95 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon II X3 440. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon II X3 440.

PCIe version

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2.0

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 II X4 740 1.69
+56.5%

Athlon II X3 440 1.08

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 II X4 740 2677
+56.4%

Athlon II X3 440 1712

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	1.08
Physical cores	4	3
Threads	4	3
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

Athlon II X4 740 has a 56.5% higher aggregate performance score, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X4 740 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X3 440 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon II X3 440, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.