AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs MediaTek Kompanio 1200

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C MediaTek Kompanio 1200

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C or MediaTek Kompanio 1200 - 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 Silver 7120C has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C was released in Q3/2022.

The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 was released in Q1/2021.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Mediatek Kompanio (9)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group MediaTek Kompanio 900/1200/1300 (4)
5 Generation 3
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz). The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek Kompanio 1200
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz)
2x Zen 2
A-Core 2.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A78
-- B-Core 2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A55

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 Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek Kompanio 1200
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 610M GPU ARM Mali-G57 MP5
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.01 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.01 GHz
9 GPU Generation Vallhall 1
6 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 2
2 Compute units 5
128 Shader 80
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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.

AMD Radeon 610M GPU ARM Mali-G57 MP5
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 can connect up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek Kompanio 1200
LPDDR5-5500 Memory LPDDR4X-2133
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
4 PCIe lanes --
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a TDP of 15 W, that of the MediaTek Kompanio 1200 is --.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek Kompanio 1200
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a 3.00 MB cache, while the MediaTek Kompanio 1200 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek Kompanio 1200
6 nm Technology 6 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions --
FT6 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2022 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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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 Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (100%)
MediaTek Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
ARM Mali-G57 MP5 @ 0.01 GHz
0 (0%)

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