MediaTek Helio G80 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

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MediaTek Helio G80 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X4 640
MediaTek Helio G80 AMD Athlon II X4 640

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the MediaTek Helio G80 and the AMD Athlon II X4 640 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the MediaTek Helio G80 8 core processor released in Q2/2020 with the AMD Athlon II X4 640 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2010.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
MediaTek Helio G70/G80 (4) CPU group AMD Athlon II X4 (Propus) (10)
1 Generation 1
Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Propus
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Athlon II X4 740

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio G80 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD Athlon II X4 640 clocks with 3.00 GHz, has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

MediaTek Helio G80 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 640
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A75
A-Core 3.00 GHz
1.80 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

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.

MediaTek Helio G80 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 640
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-G52 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.95 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Bifrost 2 GPU Generation --
16 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- 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-G52 MP2 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
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 8 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the MediaTek Helio G80, while the AMD Athlon II X4 640 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s enabled.

MediaTek Helio G80 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 640
Memory DDR3-1333
8 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
14.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The MediaTek Helio G80 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the AMD Athlon II X4 640 is 95 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

MediaTek Helio G80 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 640
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio G80 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 12 nm. The cache of AMD Athlon II X4 640 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 45 nm.

MediaTek Helio G80 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 640
12 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
Q2/2020 Release date Q2/2010
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio G80 (79%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio G80 (80%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 (94%)

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 Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
306 (79%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
386 (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.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
786 (59%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1332 (100%)

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 Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2476 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2161 (87%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
389 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1471 (100%)

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 Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
406 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 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 Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1350 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
152 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
582 (100%)

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 Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
ARM Mali-G52 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz
61 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
231640 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 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 Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
202364 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
557 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
71 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek Helio G80 MediaTek Helio G80
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
274 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio G80 AMD Athlon II X4 640
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