AMD Athlon II X4 740
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AMD Athlon II X4 740 vs AMD A10-6700. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2012
AMD Athlon II X4 740
AMD Athlon II X4 740
Released
Q2/2013
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AMD A10-6700
AMD A10-6700

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X4 740 or AMD A10-6700? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II X4 740 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2012.

AMD A10-6700 has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2013.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1404 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X4 740 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    893 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    805 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1183 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1211 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    682 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    658 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    626 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    543 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    962 place
AMD A10-6700 Reasons to consider
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1265 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 14% better clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A10-6700 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    963 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    804 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1094 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1130 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    543 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    591 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    522 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    370 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    464 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    872 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow AMD A
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II (Trinity) left arrow AMD A10-6000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon HD 8670D
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.84 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow 6
  • Shader
    left arrow 384
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 2
  • Generation
    left arrow 5
  • DirectX Version
    left arrow 11.2
  • Technology
    left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q2/2013
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-6700 and AMD Athlon II X4 740. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR3-1866
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X4 740 and AMD A10-6700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X4 740 and AMD Athlon II X4 740, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Trinity left arrow Richland (Piledriver)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    FM2 left arrow FM2
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q2/2013

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II X4 740 and AMD A10-6700.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
80
AMD Athlon II X4 740
67
AMD A10-6700
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
255
AMD Athlon II X4 740
257
AMD A10-6700
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
461
AMD Athlon II X4 740
533
AMD A10-6700
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1263
AMD Athlon II X4 740
1431
AMD A10-6700
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
1777
AMD Athlon II X4 740
2140
AMD A10-6700
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
4525
AMD Athlon II X4 740
6147
AMD A10-6700
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
0.88
AMD Athlon II X4 740
1.11
AMD A10-6700
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
3.51
AMD Athlon II X4 740
3.36
AMD A10-6700
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
4011
AMD Athlon II X4 740
4736
AMD A10-6700

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