Samsung Exynos 7578 vs AMD Athlon II 170u

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Samsung Exynos 7578 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II 170u
Samsung Exynos 7578 AMD Athlon II 170u

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7578 or AMD Athlon II 170u - 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 Samsung Exynos 7578 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7578 was released in Q2/2015.

The AMD Athlon II 170u has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II 170u was released in Q3/2010.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Samsung Exynos 7578/7580 (2) CPU group AMD Athlon II 100u (1)
1 Generation 1
Cortex-A53 Architecture Sargas
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7578 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The AMD Athlon II 170u has 1 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
4 Cores 1
4 Threads 1
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
-- 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-T720 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.65 GHz GPU frequency --
0.65 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 Samsung Exynos 7578 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II 170u can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
LPDDR3-1066 Memory DDR3, DDR2
Max. Memory
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Samsung Exynos 7578 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD Athlon II 170u is 20 W.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 20 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7578 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II 170u cache has a total of 1.00 MB.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic AMD Athlon II 170u
28 nm Technology 45 nm
Unknown 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
Q2/2015 Release date Q3/2010
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7578 (40%)
AMD Athlon II 170u (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7578 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u (71%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
107 (40%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
268 (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.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
376 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
268 (71%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 @ 0.65 GHz
22 (100%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
@ 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.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
340 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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