Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Exynos 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Exynos 1080 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 1200 36
Exynos 1080 34
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Exynos 1080 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Exynos 1080 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Exynos 1080 49
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Exynos 1080
CPU 170589 178651
GPU 233643 251983
Memory 118786 127596
UX 145445 138654
Total score 668463 696884
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 7.14% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (3000 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 6.25% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (850 vs 800 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 55.13% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1080 (4266 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1080 (1600 vs 1200 MHz).

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1080

  • Exynos 1080 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1200 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Exynos 1080 has 4.25% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1200 (697 K vs 668 K ).
  • Exynos 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.
  • Exynos 1080 Support 51.72% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1200 (44 vs 29 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Exynos 1080 833

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Exynos 1080 2890

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Exynos 1080 135.1

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Exynos 1080 30

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Exynos 1080 53.1

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Exynos 1080 51.7

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Exynos 1080 26.5

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Exynos 1080 3.53

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Exynos 1080 875.8

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz WQHD+ @90Hz, FHD+ @144Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
  • L1 cache 32 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.32 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
  • Process 6 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali-G78 MP10
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 800 MHz
  • Execution units 9 10
  • Shading units 144 160
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Processor
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1200

CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Samsung Exynos 1080

CPU
34%
GPU
31%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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