MediaTek Helio P20 vs AMD Athlon II X3 425e
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| MediaTek Helio P20 | AMD Athlon II X3 425e | |
CPU comparisonMediaTek Helio P20 or AMD Athlon II X3 425e - 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 Helio P20 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 6 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P20 was released in Q3/2016. The AMD Athlon II X3 425e has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 425e was released in Q2/2011. |
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| Mediatek Helio (37) | Family | AMD Athlon II (52) |
| MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4) | CPU group | AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12) |
| 2 | Generation | 1 |
| Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Rana |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe MediaTek Helio P20 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio P20 is 2.30 GHz while the AMD Athlon II X3 425e has 3 CPU cores and 3 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X3 425e is at 2.70 GHz. |
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| MediaTek Helio P20 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X3 425e |
| 8 | Cores | 3 |
| 8 | Threads | 3 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.30 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
A-Core | 2.70 GHz |
| 1.30 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe MediaTek Helio P20 or AMD Athlon II X3 425e 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T880 MP2 | GPU | no iGPU |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 16 nm | Technology | |
| 2 | Max. displays | |
| 2 | Compute units | -- |
| 32 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 11 | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T880 MP2 | GPU | no iGPU |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | No |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe MediaTek Helio P20 can use up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The AMD Athlon II X3 425e supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s. |
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| MediaTek Helio P20 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X3 425e |
| LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933 | Memory | DDR3-1333 |
| 6 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.50 MB |
| -- | L3 Cache | -- |
| -- | PCIe version | 2.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Helio P20 is --, while the AMD Athlon II X3 425e has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| MediaTek Helio P20 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X3 425e |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 45 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe MediaTek Helio P20 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon II X3 425e is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 1.50 MB cache. |
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| MediaTek Helio P20 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X3 425e |
| 16 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 |
| Q3/2016 | Release date | Q2/2011 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
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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.
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MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X3 425e
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz |
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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.
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MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X3 425e
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz |
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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.
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MediaTek Helio P20
ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X3 425e
@ 0.00 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| MediaTek Helio P20 | AMD Athlon II X3 425e |
| Unknown | Unknown |
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