AMD Athlon X4 740 vs Intel Pentium G645

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 740 and Intel Pentium G645 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 740

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 1340
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2626 vs 1428
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1215 vs 878
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 3.815 vs 1.806
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1355 vs 1340
PassMark - CPU mark 2626 vs 1428
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1215 vs 878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.815 vs 1.806

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G645

  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 489 vs 452
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 489 vs 452

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 740
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G645

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1355
1340
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2626
1428
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
452
489
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1215
878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
3.815
1.806
Name AMD Athlon X4 740 Intel Pentium G645
PassMark - Single thread mark 1355 1340
PassMark - CPU mark 2626 1428
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 452 489
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1215 878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.815 1.806

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 740 Intel Pentium G645

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD740XOKHJBOX
OPN Tray AD740XOKA44HJ
Place in performance rating 2615 2595
Series AMD Athlon X4 Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $95
Processor Number G645
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.01

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.90 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 131 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 69.1°C
Transistor count 504 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)