AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE vs MediaTek MT6738

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6738
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE MediaTek MT6738

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or MediaTek MT6738 - 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 Pro 3125GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE was released in Q3/2020.

The MediaTek MT6738 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6738 was released in Q2/2016.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Athlon Silver 3000G (1) CPU group MediaTek MT67xx (17)
4 Generation 1
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is 3.40 GHz while the MediaTek MT6738 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6738 is at 1.50 GHz.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic MediaTek MT6738
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic MediaTek MT6738
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or MediaTek MT6738 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 RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.35 GHz
8 GPU Generation Midgard 4
14 nm Technology 28nm
3 Max. displays 2
3 Compute units 2
192 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The MediaTek MT6738 supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 5.3 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic MediaTek MT6738
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-667
Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 5.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is 35 W, while the MediaTek MT6738 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic MediaTek MT6738
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is manufactured in 12 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6738 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic MediaTek MT6738
12 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 --
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2020 Release date Q2/2016
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE (100%)
MediaTek MT6738 (15%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE (100%)
MediaTek MT6738 (18%)

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 Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
831 (100%)
MediaTek MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
127 (15%)

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 Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1934 (100%)
MediaTek MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
408 (21%)

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 Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
MediaTek MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
ARM Mali-T860 MP2 @ 0.35 GHz
24 (6%)

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 Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4634 (100%)
MediaTek MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
693 (15%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE MediaTek MT6738
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