MediaTek MT8163V/B vs AMD Athlon X4 845

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MediaTek MT8163V/B CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon X4 845
MediaTek MT8163V/B AMD Athlon X4 845

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8163V/B or AMD Athlon X4 845 - 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 MT8163V/B 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 MT8163V/B was released in Q2/2015.

The AMD Athlon X4 845 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon X4 845 was released in Q1/2016.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family AMD Athlon (29)
MediaTek MT816x (4) CPU group AMD Athlon X4 (Carizzo) (2)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A53 Architecture Carizzo
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8163V/B has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8163V/B is 1.30 GHz while the AMD Athlon X4 845 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon X4 845 is at 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz).

MediaTek MT8163V/B Characteristic AMD Athlon X4 845
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.80 GHz

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 MT8163V/B Characteristic AMD Athlon X4 845
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek MT8163V/B or AMD Athlon X4 845 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-T720 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.52 GHz GPU frequency --
0.52 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 3 GPU Generation --
28nm 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 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 no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No 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
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT8163V/B can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s. The AMD Athlon X4 845 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.2 GB/s.

MediaTek MT8163V/B Characteristic AMD Athlon X4 845
LPDDR3-800, DDR3-800 Memory DDR3-2133
Max. Memory
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
6.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 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 MT8163V/B is --, while the AMD Athlon X4 845 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT8163V/B Characteristic AMD Athlon X4 845
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8163V/B is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon X4 845 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

MediaTek MT8163V/B Characteristic AMD Athlon X4 845
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE3
-- Socket FM2+
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2015 Release date Q1/2016
-- Release price 65 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8163V/B (17%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8163V/B (19%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
100 (17%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
603 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
352 (19%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1832 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
695 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1772 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 @ 0.52 GHz
18 (100%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3794 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
93 (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 MT8163V/B MediaTek MT8163V/B
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
316 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek MT8163V/B AMD Athlon X4 845
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2018) Unknown

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