AMD Ryzen 3 7440U vs Samsung Exynos 4212

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AMD Ryzen 3 7440U CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 4212
AMD Ryzen 3 7440U Samsung Exynos 4212

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 3 7440U or Samsung Exynos 4212 - 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 Ryzen 3 7440U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 7440U was released in Q3/2023.

The Samsung Exynos 4212 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 4212 was released in Q3/2011.
AMD Ryzen 3 (33) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) CPU group Samsung Exynos 4212 (1)
6 Generation 2
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 3 7440U has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 3 7440U is 3.00 GHz (4.70 GHz) while the Samsung Exynos 4212 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 4212 is at 1.50 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 3 7440U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4212
4 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz (4.70 GHz)
1x Zen 4
A-Core 1.50 GHz
2x Cortex-A9
3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
3x Zen 4c
B-Core --

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 Ryzen 3 7440U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4212
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 3 7440U or Samsung Exynos 4212 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 740M GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
2.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.40 GHz
10 GPU Generation Utgard
4 nm Technology 28nm
4 Max. displays 1
4 Compute units 4
256 Shader 64
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 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 740M GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 3 7440U can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 4212 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

AMD Ryzen 3 7440U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4212
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory LPDDR2-400
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache 1.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 3 7440U is 15 W, while the Samsung Exynos 4212 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 3 7440U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4212
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
30 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 3 7440U is manufactured in 4 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 4212 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 3 7440U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4212
4 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions --
FP8 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2023 Release date Q3/2011
-- 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 Ryzen 3 7440U AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.50 GHz
1280 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4212 Samsung Exynos 4212
ARM Mali-400 MP4 @ 0.40 GHz
14 (1%)

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 Ryzen 3 7440U AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
2323 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4212 Samsung Exynos 4212
2C 2T @ 1.50 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 Ryzen 3 7440U AMD Ryzen 3 7440U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
6571 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4212 Samsung Exynos 4212
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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