Samsung Exynos 7870 vs AMD A6-9210

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Samsung Exynos 7870 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A6-9210
Samsung Exynos 7870 AMD A6-9210

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7870 or AMD A6-9210 - 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 7870 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7870 was released in Q1/2016.

The AMD A6-9210 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD A6-9210 was released in Q2/2017.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family AMD A (112)
Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 (4) CPU group AMD A6-9000 (4)
1 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 Architecture Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7870 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7870 is 1.60 GHz while the AMD A6-9210 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-9210 is at 2.40 GHz (2.80 GHz).
Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic AMD A6-9210
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic AMD A6-9210
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 7870 or AMD A6-9210 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-T830 MP1 GPU AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 7
28nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 3
1 Compute units 3
16 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-T830 MP1 GPU AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 7870 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD A6-9210 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 17.1 GB/s.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic AMD A6-9210
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 8 GB
0 Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB 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 Samsung Exynos 7870 is --, while the AMD A6-9210 has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic AMD A6-9210
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7870 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD A6-9210 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic AMD A6-9210
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Unknown Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
-- Socket FP4
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q1/2016 Release date Q2/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7870 (32%)
AMD A6-9210 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7870 (66%)
AMD A6-9210 (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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
115 (32%)
AMD A6-9210 AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
361 (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 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
452 (77%)
AMD A6-9210 AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
588 (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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
ARM Mali-T830 MP1 @ 0.60 GHz
20 (9%)
AMD A6-9210 AMD A6-9210
AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.60 GHz
230 (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.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
963 (55%)
AMD A6-9210 AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1757 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Samsung Exynos 7870 AMD A6-9210
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