Athlon II X4 740 vs i3-10100F

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-10100F and Athlon II X4 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1145	2048
Place by popularity	19	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	20.23	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Athlon
Power efficiency	8.02	no data
Architecture codename	Comet Lake (2020)	Piledriver
Release date	12 October 2020 (4 years ago)	1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$122	$71

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i3-10100F 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	8	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	6 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	126 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-10100F 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	FCLGA1200	Socket FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-10100F and Athlon II X4 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Core i3-10100F and Athlon II X4 740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-10100F and Athlon II X4 740 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-10100F and Athlon II X4 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-10100F and Athlon II X4 740.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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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	5.72	1.75
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm

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