MediaTek Helio P65 vs AMD Athlon II X4 638

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MediaTek Helio P65 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X4 638
MediaTek Helio P65 AMD Athlon II X4 638

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio P65 or AMD Athlon II X4 638 - 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 P65 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P65 was released in Q2/2019.

The AMD Athlon II X4 638 has 4 cores with 4 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 X4 638 was released in Q1/2012.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
MediaTek Helio P65/P90/P95 (3) CPU group AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano) (5)
3 Generation 2
Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Llano
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio P65 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The AMD Athlon II X4 638 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz.

MediaTek Helio P65 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 638
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A75
A-Core 2.70 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 Helio P65 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 638
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-G52 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.82 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

The MediaTek Helio P65 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 638 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

MediaTek Helio P65 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 638
LPDDR4X-1800, LPDDR3-933 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 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek Helio P65 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD Athlon II X4 638 is 65 W.

MediaTek Helio P65 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 638
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio P65 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II X4 638 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

MediaTek Helio P65 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 638
12 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
-- Socket FM1
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2012
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio P65 (94%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio P65 (97%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 (100%)

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 P65 MediaTek Helio P65
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
351 (94%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
374 (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 P65 MediaTek Helio P65
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1240 (94%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1326 (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 P65 MediaTek Helio P65
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2261 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2248 (99%)

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 P65 MediaTek Helio P65
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
422 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 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 P65 MediaTek Helio P65
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1261 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 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 Helio P65 MediaTek Helio P65
ARM Mali-G52 MP2 @ 0.82 GHz
52 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
@ 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 Helio P65 MediaTek Helio P65
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
158825 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 638 AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio P65 AMD Athlon II X4 638
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