Pentium P6200 vs Athlon X4 740

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon X4 740
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.65
+189%
Pentium P6200
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57

Athlon X4 740 outperforms Pentium P6200 by a whopping 189% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20812828
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.401.54
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$60

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz0.03 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rateno data1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache192K128 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 million382 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM2PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMA++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 X4 740 1.65
+189%
Pentium P6200 0.57

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 X4 740 2626
+189%
Pentium P6200 908

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 X4 740 377
+32.3%
Pentium P6200 285

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 X4 740 892
+86.2%
Pentium P6200 479

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.65 0.57
Recency 2 October 2012 26 September 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon X4 740 has a 189.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium P6200, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon X4 740 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6200 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon X4 740 is a desktop processor while Pentium P6200 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X4 740 and Pentium P6200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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