Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Exynos 1280

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Exynos 1280 SoCs by Mediatek and Samsung respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 1080 28
Exynos 1280 24
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 22
Exynos 1280 18
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Exynos 1280 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 43
Exynos 1280 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Exynos 1280
CPU 143941 121972
GPU 140125 104889
Memory 96692 77341
UX 136066 106223
Total score 516824 410425
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 8.33% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (2600 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 25.92% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (517 K vs 410 K).

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 5.26% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (1000 vs 950 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1080.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Exynos 1280 733

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Exynos 1280 1832

Image compression

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 116.6

Face detection

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 13.5

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 33.1

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 29.3

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 13.1

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 1.97

SQLite

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Dimensity 1080
Exynos 1280 556.4

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz Full HD+ @120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Mali-G68 MP4
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 5 4
  • Shading units 64 48
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 27 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
28%
GPU
22%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Samsung Exynos 1280

CPU
24%
GPU
18%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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