Samsung S5L8900 vs MediaTek MT8121

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Samsung S5L8900 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8121
Samsung S5L8900 MediaTek MT8121

CPU comparison

Samsung S5L8900 or MediaTek MT8121 - 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 S5L8900 has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 0.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung S5L8900 was released in Q1/2007.

The MediaTek MT8121 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8121 was released in Q4/2013.
Samsung S5L (3) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Samsung S5L8900 (1) CPU group MediaTek MT81xx A7 (5)
1 Generation 1
ARM 1176 Architecture Cortex-A7
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung S5L8900 is a 1 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.40 GHz. The MediaTek MT8121 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
1 Cores 4
1 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.40 GHz Frequency 1.30 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 S5L8900 Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
-- 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.

PowerVR MBX Lite GPU PowerVR SGX544
GPU frequency 0.16 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.16 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
130nm Technology 45nm
1 Max. displays 1
1 Compute units 2
1 Shader 4
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 10.1

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.

PowerVR MBX Lite GPU PowerVR SGX544
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung S5L8900 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8121 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
Memory
Max. Memory
0 Memory channels 0
-- Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- 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 S5L8900 has a TDP of --, that of the MediaTek MT8121 is --.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung S5L8900 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the MediaTek MT8121 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic MediaTek MT8121
90 nm Technology 28 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q1/2007 Release date Q4/2013
-- 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.
Samsung S5L8900 Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
71 (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 S5L8900 Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
239 (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 S5L8900 Samsung S5L8900
PowerVR MBX Lite @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
PowerVR SGX544 @ 0.16 GHz
5 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung S5L8900 MediaTek MT8121
Unknown Unknown

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