AMD Athlon X4 740 vs Intel Pentium D 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 740 and Intel Pentium D 960 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 740

Intel Pentium D 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 740

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 782
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2626 vs 807

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1355 vs 782
PassMark - CPU mark	2626 vs 807

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 740
CPU 2: Intel Pentium D 960

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1355

782

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2626

807

Name	AMD Athlon X4 740	Intel Pentium D 960
PassMark - Single thread mark	1355	782
PassMark - CPU mark	2626	807
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	452
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.815

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 740	Intel Pentium D 960
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD740XOKHJBOX
OPN Tray	AD740XOKA44HJ
Place in performance rating	2615	2591
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Presler
Launch date		May 2006
Processor Number		960
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Die size		162 mm2
L1 cache		28 KB
Maximum core temperature		C1=68.6°C, D0=63.4°C
Transistor count		376 million
VID voltage range		1.200V-1.3375V
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)