Athlon II X4 740 vs A10-6790K

Place in the ranking	1945	2053
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Athlon
Power efficiency	1.84	no data
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Piledriver
Release date	28 October 2013 (11 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$71

Detailed specifications

A10-6790K 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-6790K 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	FM2	Socket FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	65 watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6790K and Athlon II X4 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6790K and Athlon II X4 740 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6790K and Athlon II X4 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6790K and Athlon II X4 740 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6790K and Athlon II X4 740 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6790K and Athlon II X4 740.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

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.

A10-6790K 1.94
+14.8%

Athlon II X4 740 1.69

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.

A10-6790K 3089
+15.4%

Athlon II X4 740 2677