AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs MediaTek MT6591

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6591
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C MediaTek MT6591

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C or MediaTek MT6591 - 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 MT6591 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6591 was released in Q1/2014.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
5 Generation 1
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Cortex-A9
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 MT6591 has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
2 Cores 6
2 Threads 6
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 MT6591
-- 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-450 MP4
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
9 GPU Generation Utgard
6 nm Technology 28nm
3 Max. displays 1
2 Compute units 4
128 Shader 64
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 0

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-450 MP4
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 AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6591 can connect up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
LPDDR5-5500 Memory LPDDR3, LPDDR2
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache 1.00 MB
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 MT6591 is --.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
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 MT6591 cache has a total of 1.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
6 nm Technology 28 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 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 Q1/2014
-- 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 MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
36 (9%)

Devices using this processor

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