Pentium G860 vs Athlon II X4 740

Aggregate performance score

Athlon II X4 740
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.69
+85.7%
Pentium G860
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.91

Athlon II X4 740 outperforms Pentium G860 by an impressive 86% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20542523
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.12
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAthlonIntel Pentium (Desktop)
Power efficiencyno data1.32
Architecture codenamePiledriverSandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)4 September 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$71$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860 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 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache192 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data69 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860 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
SocketSocket FM2FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)65 watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860 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 II X4 740 and Pentium G860 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 740 and Pentium G860.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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 1.69
+85.7%
Pentium G860 0.91

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
+84.9%
Pentium G860 1448

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.69 0.91
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2

Athlon II X4 740 has a 85.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Athlon II X4 740 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G860 in performance tests.


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