Athlon X4 740 vs FX-4350

Place in the ranking	1874	2061
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.58	2.41
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	29 April 2013 (11 years ago)	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-4350 and Athlon 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	4.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192K
L2 cache	4096 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	315 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.275 V - Max: 1.4 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-4350 and Athlon 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	AM3+	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4350 and Athlon X4 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4350 and Athlon X4 740 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4350 and Athlon X4 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3-1866

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4350 and Athlon X4 740.

PCIe version

n/a

2.0

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.

FX-4350 2.17
+26.2%

Athlon X4 740 1.72

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.

FX-4350 3314
+26.2%

Athlon X4 740 2626

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.

FX-4350 451
+15.3%

Athlon X4 740 391

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.

FX-4350 1148
+23.6%

Athlon X4 740 929