AMD Athlon II X4 740
AMD FX-6120
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Comparing AMD Athlon II X4 740 vs AMD Athlon II X4 740

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Released
Q4/2012
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Q2/2012
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Comparison of video cards. AMD Athlon II X4 740 vs AMD Athlon II X4 740 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences
Reasons to consider
AMD Athlon II X4 740
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  • Performance per watt
    65 W left arrow 95 W
    About 1.46 0.97 times less performance per watt
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AMD FX-6120
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  • Higher clock speed
    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
    Around 9% better clock speed
  • More number of cores
    6 left arrow 4
    2 times more cores
  • Higher turbo clock speed
    4.10 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
    Around 10 % better overclocked clock speed
Specifications
Complete list of technical specifications
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
AMD FX-6120 AMD FX-6120
CPU generation and family

description_compare AMD Athlon II X4 740 and AMD FX-6120

  • Name
    AMD Athlon II X4 740 left arrow AMD FX-6120
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow AMD FX
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II (Trinity) left arrow AMD FX-6100/6200
CPU Cores and Base Frequency

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 6
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
Internal Graphics
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory & PCIe
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR3-1866
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management
  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 95 W
Technical details
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Trinity left arrow Zambezi (Bulldozer)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    FM2 left arrow AM3+
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q2/2012
Devices using this processor
  • Used in
    Unknown left arrow Unknown
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