MediaTek MT8161 vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220C

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MediaTek MT8161 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
MediaTek MT8161 AMD Athlon Gold 7220C

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8161 or AMD Athlon Gold 7220C - 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 MT8161 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8161 was released in 2014.

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C was released in Q3/2022.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family AMD Athlon (29)
MediaTek MT816x (4) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)
1 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 Architecture Mendocino (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8161 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz).

MediaTek MT8161 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

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 MT8161 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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-T720 MP2 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
0.01 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.01 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
Midgard 3 GPU Generation 9
28nm Technology 6 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 2
32 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 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-T720 MP2 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No 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 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT8161 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

MediaTek MT8161 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
LPDDR3-800, DDR3-800 Memory LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
6.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek MT8161 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD Athlon Gold 7220C is 15 W.

MediaTek MT8161 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8161 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Gold 7220C cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

MediaTek MT8161 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
28 nm Technology 6 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FT6
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
2014 Release date Q3/2022
-- Release price --
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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.
MediaTek MT8161 MediaTek MT8161
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
879 (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 MT8161 MediaTek MT8161
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2011 (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 MT8161 MediaTek MT8161
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 @ 0.01 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek MT8161 AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
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