AMD FX-4100 vs Athlon II X4 740

Place in performance ranking	1906	1927
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	0.24
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Piledriver	Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date	1 October 2012 (11 years old)	12 October 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$71	no data
Current price	no data	$29

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon II X4 740 and FX-4100 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	4096 KB
L3 cache	no data	8192 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	315 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.1 V - Max: 1.4125 V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 740 and FX-4100 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

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 740 and FX-4100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 740 and FX-4100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 740 and FX-4100. 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 FX-4100.

PCIe version

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n/a

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 1.75
+2.9%

FX-4100 1.70

Athlon II X4 740 outperforms FX-4100 by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X4 740 2677
+2.6%

FX-4100 2610

Athlon II X4 740 outperforms FX-4100 by 3% in Passmark.