AMD Athlon II X2 245e vs Samsung Exynos 7872

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AMD Athlon II X2 245e CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 7872
AMD Athlon II X2 245e Samsung Exynos 7872

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon II X2 245e or Samsung Exynos 7872 - 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 AMD Athlon II X2 245e has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 245e was released in Q2/2010.

The Samsung Exynos 7872 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7872 was released in Q1/2018.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18) CPU group Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4)
1 Generation 2
Propus Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X2 245e has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X2 245e is 2.90 GHz while the Samsung Exynos 7872 has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7872 is at 2.00 GHz.

AMD Athlon II X2 245e Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7872
2 Cores 6
2 Threads 6
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz A-Core 2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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.

AMD Athlon II X2 245e Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7872
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon II X2 245e or Samsung Exynos 7872 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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP1
GPU frequency 0.95 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 1
Technology 16 nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 1
-- Shader 16
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11

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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP1
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X2 245e can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 7872 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

AMD Athlon II X2 245e Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7872
DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR3-933
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X2 245e is 45 W, while the Samsung Exynos 7872 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon II X2 245e Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7872
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X2 245e is manufactured in 45 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 7872 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon II X2 245e Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7872
45 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions --
AM3 Socket --
AMD-V Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2010 Release date Q1/2018
-- Release price --
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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.
AMD Athlon II X2 245e AMD Athlon II X2 245e
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
382 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7872 Samsung Exynos 7872
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
AMD Athlon II X2 245e AMD Athlon II X2 245e
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
741 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7872 Samsung Exynos 7872
6C 6T @ 2.00 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.
AMD Athlon II X2 245e AMD Athlon II X2 245e
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 7872 Samsung Exynos 7872
ARM Mali-G71 MP1 @ 0.95 GHz
32 (100%)

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.
AMD Athlon II X2 245e AMD Athlon II X2 245e
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1130 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7872 Samsung Exynos 7872
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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