Athlon II X4 740 vs Ryzen 7 5700G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II X4 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	452	2066
Place by popularity	45	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.77	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	Athlon
Power efficiency	22.48	no data
Architecture codename	Cezanne (Zen 3) (2021)	Piledriver
Release date	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$359	$71

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	38	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Die size	AM4 (1331) mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM4	Socket FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II X4 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II X4 740 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II X4 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 5000)

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5700G and Athlon II X4 740.

PCIe version

3.0

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	15.45	1.69
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm

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