Core i7-740QM: specs and benchmarks

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Core i7-740QM
2010
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
1.15

Core i7-740QM provides poor benchmark performance at 1.15% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i7-740QM sales 20 June 2010 at a recommended price of $546. This is a Clarksfield architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2930 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCPGA988,PGA988 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 memory.

Primary details

Core i7-740QM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2370
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7
Power efficiency2.42of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameClarksfield (2009−2010)
Release date20 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$546of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed1.73 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.93 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 1.0
Bus rate2.5 GT/s
Multiplier13of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size296 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors774 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-740QM compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-740QM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology+
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
PAE36 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-740QM's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size8 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i7-740QM.

Integrated graphics cardNone

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-740QM. Overall benchmark performance 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.

i7-740QM 1.15

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.

i7-740QM 1833

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-740QM 347

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-740QM 967

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-740QM 3082

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-740QM 8930

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-740QM 3318

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-740QM 3

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i7-740QM's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Core i3-2310E 100.87
Core i7-740QM 100
Core i5-540M 99.13

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i7-740QM is A8-5557M, which is slower by 2% and lower by 11 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i7-740QM:

A10-4600M 106.09
A10 Pro-7350B 105.22
A8-5550M 102.61
Core i7-740QM 100
A8-5557M 98.26
A8-6410 97.39
A10-5745M 97.39

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