AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs MediaTek MT8121

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8121
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C MediaTek MT8121

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C or MediaTek MT8121 - 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 MT8121 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8121 was released in Q4/2013.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group MediaTek MT81xx A7 (5)
5 Generation 1
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Cortex-A7
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 MT8121 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.30 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 MT8121
-- 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 PowerVR SGX544
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.16 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.16 GHz
9 GPU Generation --
6 nm Technology 45nm
3 Max. displays 1
2 Compute units 2
128 Shader 4
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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 PowerVR SGX544
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
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 MT8121 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
LPDDR5-5500 Memory
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
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 MT8121 is --.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
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 MT8121 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
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 Q4/2013
-- 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 MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
PowerVR SGX544 @ 0.16 GHz
5 (1%)

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 Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
71 (100%)

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 Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
239 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C MediaTek MT8121
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