MediaTek Dimensity 1000C vs AMD Athlon II 170u

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MediaTek Dimensity 1000C CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II 170u
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C AMD Athlon II 170u

CPU comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C or AMD Athlon II 170u - 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 MediaTek Dimensity 1000C has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 12 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The MediaTek Dimensity 1000C was released in Q3/2020.

The AMD Athlon II 170u has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II 170u was released in Q3/2010.
Mediatek Dimensity (36) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
MediaTek Dimensity 1000 (4) CPU group AMD Athlon II 100u (1)
1 Generation 1
Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Sargas
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Dimensity 1000C has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Dimensity 1000C is 2.00 GHz while the AMD Athlon II 170u has 1 CPU cores and 1 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II 170u is at 2.00 GHz.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
8 Cores 1
8 Threads 1
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A77
A-Core 2.00 GHz
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
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.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
Mediatek APU 3.0 AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek Dimensity 1000C or AMD Athlon II 170u 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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP5 GPU no iGPU
0.95 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
5 Compute units --
80 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP5 GPU no iGPU
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 / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Dimensity 1000C can use up to 12 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.8 GB/s. The AMD Athlon II 170u supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
LPDDR4X-1866 Memory DDR3, DDR2
12 GB Max. Memory
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Dimensity 1000C is --, while the AMD Athlon II 170u has a TDP of 20 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 20 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Dimensity 1000C is manufactured in 7 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon II 170u is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
7 nm Technology 45 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
-- Socket AM3
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q3/2010
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u (45%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u (9%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
598 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
268 (45%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2431 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
268 (11%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
5668 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
340 (6%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
782 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 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.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2736 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
ARM Mali-G57 MP5 @ 0.95 GHz
608 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
427863 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
MediaTek Dimensity 1000C MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
4.5 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C AMD Athlon II 170u
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