Athlon 5350 vs Athlon II X4 740

Place in the ranking	2051	2386
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	no data	4.24
Architecture codename	Piledriver	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$71	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350 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	2.05 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.05 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2048 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350 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	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	65 watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3-1600
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Athlon 5350.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

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 1.72
+50.9%

Athlon 5350 1.14

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 II X4 740 2677
+50.1%

Athlon 5350 1783