Intel Core i9-14900KS vs AMD Athlon II X4 740

Last updated: 2024-04-19

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-14900KS		AMD Athlon II X4 740
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-14900KS or AMD Athlon II X4 740 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i9-14900KS has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 6.20 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-14900KS was released in Q1/2024. The AMD Athlon II X4 740 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 740 was released in Q4/2012.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Core i 14000 (23)	CPU group	AMD Athlon II X4 (Trinity) (2)
14	Generation	3
Raptor Lake S Refresh	Architecture	Trinity
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i9-13900KS	Predecessor	AMD Athlon II X4 640
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-14900KS has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-14900KS is 3.20 GHz (6.20 GHz) while the AMD Athlon II X4 740 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X4 740 is at 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz).
Intel Core i9-14900KS	Characteristic	AMD Athlon II X4 740
24	Cores	4
32	Threads	4
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.20 GHz (6.20 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz)
2.40 GHz (4.50 GHz) 16x Gracemont	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i9-14900KS	Characteristic	AMD Athlon II X4 740
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i9-14900KS or AMD Athlon II X4 740 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	no iGPU
0.30 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.65 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
11	GPU Generation	--
10 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
32	Compute units	--
256	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-14900KS can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The AMD Athlon II X4 740 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-14900KS	Characteristic	AMD Athlon II X4 740
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1866
192 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
32.00 MB	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
36.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
5.0	PCIe version	--
20	PCIe lanes	--
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-14900KS is 150 W, while the AMD Athlon II X4 740 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-14900KS	Characteristic	AMD Athlon II X4 740
150 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
320 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-14900KS is manufactured in 10 nm and has 68.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon II X4 740 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-14900KS	Characteristic	AMD Athlon II X4 740
10 nm	Technology	32 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
LGA 1700	Socket	FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2024	Release date	Q4/2012
699 $	Release price	60 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-14900KS (100%)

AMD Athlon II X4 740 (19%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-14900KS (100%)

AMD Athlon II X4 740 (5%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	2484 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	461 (19%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz	28051 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1391 (5%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz	64470 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2705 (4%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	143 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	2252 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	2398 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz	40976 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	3341 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz	23839 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	909 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz	15599 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz	846 (100%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	651 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	80 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	288 (100%)

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