AMD Athlon 320GE VS Intel Core i7-7740X

Comparing AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Core i7-7740X

Comparison of video cards AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Core i7-7740X in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences Specifications Benchmarks

Differences

Top features of Intel Core i7-7740X

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Higher clock speed

4.30 GHz 3.50 GHz

Around -23% better clock speed

Top features of AMD Athlon 320GE

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Performance per watt

35 W 112 W

About 0.31 times less performance per watt

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

Intel Core i7-7740X AMD Athlon 320GE

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Intel Core i7-7740X and AMD Athlon 320GE is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification	Value
Name	Intel Core i7-7740X AMD Athlon 320GE
Segment	Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Family	Intel Core i7 AMD Athlon
Generation	7 4
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000X AMD Athlon 300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Intel Core i7-7740X vs AMD Athlon 320GE by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification	Value
Frequency	4.30 GHz 3.50 GHz
Overclocking	Yes Yes
Core architecture	normal normal

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Core i7-7740X and AMD Athlon 320GE along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification	Value
GPU name	no iGPU AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
GPU frequency	1.10 GHz
GPU (Turbo)	No turbo No turbo
Execution units	3
Shader	192
Max. GPU Memory	-- 2 GB
Max. displays	3
Generation	8
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2018

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Core i7-7740X and AMD Athlon 320GE. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification	Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No Decode / Encode
h264	No Decode / Encode
VP9	No Decode / Encode
VP8	No Decode / Encode
AV1	No No
AVC	No Decode / Encode
VC-1	No Decode
JPEG	No Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between Intel Core i7-7740X and AMD Athlon 320GE you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification	Value
Memory type	DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	64 GB
ECC	No Yes
Memory channels	2 2 (Dual Channel)

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Core i7-7740X or AMD Athlon 320GE? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification	Value
TDP (PL1)	112 W 35 W
Tjunction max.	-- 95 \xc2\xb0C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Core i7-7740X and AMD Athlon 320GE CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification	Value
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L2-Cache	-- 1.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB 4.00 MB
Architecture	Skylake X Dali (Zen)
Technology	14 nm 14 nm
Socket	LGA 2066 AM4 (LGA 1331)
Release date	Q2/2017 Q3/2019