Overview - Dimensity 1200 Vs Exynos 1280

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 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 1200 36
Exynos 1280 24
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200 31
Exynos 1280 18
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200 79
Exynos 1280 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200 49
Exynos 1280 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 Exynos 1280
CPU 170589 121972
GPU 233643 104889
Memory 118786 77341
UX 145445 106223
Total score 668463 410425
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200

  • Dimensity 1200 has 25.00% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (3000 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 62.87% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (668 K vs 410 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1280 (1600 vs 1200 MHz).

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 17.65% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1200 (1000 vs 850 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1200 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1200.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 925
Exynos 1280 733

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1200 3246
Exynos 1280 1832

Image compression

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Dimensity 1200 171.75
Exynos 1280 116.6

Face detection

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Dimensity 1200 32.25
Exynos 1280 13.5

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 1200 51.5
Exynos 1280 33.1

Machine learning

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Dimensity 1200 51.65
Exynos 1280 29.3

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 1200 27.35
Exynos 1280 13.1

HTML 5

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Dimensity 1200 3.76
Exynos 1280 1.97

SQLite

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Dimensity 1200 931.9
Exynos 1280 556.4

3DMark

Stability 93%

Graphics test 25 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz Full HD+ @120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 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
    2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 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 -
  • Process 6 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali-G68 MP4
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 9 4
  • Shading units 144 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 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 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 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 5
  • 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 1280

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