AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs MediaTek Helio X10

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio X10
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U MediaTek Helio X10

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U or MediaTek Helio X10 - 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 7120U 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 7120U was released in Q3/2022.

The MediaTek Helio X10 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio X10 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group MediaTek Helio X10 (1)
5 Generation 1
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the MediaTek Helio X10 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio X10 is at 2.00 GHz.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Characteristic MediaTek Helio X10
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.00 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 7120U Characteristic MediaTek Helio X10
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U or MediaTek Helio X10 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.

AMD Radeon 610M GPU PowerVR G6200
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.70 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
9 GPU Generation --
6 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 2
2 Compute units 2
128 Shader 32
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 10

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 G6200
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 7120U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 44.0 GB/s. The MediaTek Helio X10 supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 14.9 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Characteristic MediaTek Helio X10
LPDDR5-5500 Memory LPDDR3-1866
16 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
Yes 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 thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 15 W, while the MediaTek Helio X10 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Characteristic MediaTek Helio X10
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is manufactured in 6 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The MediaTek Helio X10 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Characteristic MediaTek Helio X10
6 nm Technology 28 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 Q3/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 (24%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 (42%)

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 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
711 (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 MediaTek Helio X10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
174 (24%)

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 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1199 (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 MediaTek Helio X10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
693 (58%)

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 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 MediaTek Helio X10
PowerVR G6200 @ 0.70 GHz
90 (23%)

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 Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
4978 (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 MediaTek Helio X10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1293 (26%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1093 (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 MediaTek Helio X10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1911 (100%)
MediaTek Helio X10 MediaTek Helio X10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U MediaTek Helio X10
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