MediaTek Helio X20 vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Benchmark, comparison and differences


MediaTek Helio X20		AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
CPU comparison MediaTek Helio X20 or AMD Athlon Gold 3150U - 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 X20 has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio X20 was released in Q4/2015. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U was released in Q1/2020.

Mediatek Helio (37)	Family	AMD Athlon (29)
MediaTek Helio X20 (4)	CPU group	AMD Athlon Gold 3000 (2)
2	Generation	4
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Dali (Zen)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The MediaTek Helio X20 has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio X20 is 2.10 GHz while the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is at 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz).
MediaTek Helio X20	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
10	Cores	2
10	Threads	4
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.10 GHz 2x Cortex-A72	A-Core	2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz)
1.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A53	B-Core	--
-- 4x Cortex-A53	C-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 X20	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The MediaTek Helio X20 or AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 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-T880 MP4	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.78 GHz	GPU frequency	1.00 GHz
0.78 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
Midgard 4	GPU Generation	8
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	3
64	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11	DirectX Version	12

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-T880 MP4	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The MediaTek Helio X20 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
MediaTek Helio X20	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
LPDDR3-800	Memory	DDR4-2400
4 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
6.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	1.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	8
--	PCIe Bandwidth	7.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Helio X20 is --, while the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
MediaTek Helio X20	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	12 W
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The MediaTek Helio X20 is manufactured in 20 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

MediaTek Helio X20	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
20 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	FP5
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems
Q4/2015	Release date	Q1/2020
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek Helio X20 (26%)

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek Helio X20 (52%)

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	203 (26%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770 (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	1153 (63%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1822 (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	240 (26%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	913 (100%)

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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	958 (49%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1968 (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 X20 ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz	106 (28%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz	384 (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	1729 (43%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	4025 (100%)

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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	779 (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2120 (100%)

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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	306 (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	827 (100%)

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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	84536 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	123 (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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	359 (100%)


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MediaTek Helio X20 vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

NPU AI performance

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details