Overview - Dimensity 8200 Vs Exynos 1280

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8200 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 8200 43
Exynos 1280 24
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8200 40
Exynos 1280 18
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8200 86
Exynos 1280 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8200 56
Exynos 1280 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8200 Exynos 1280
CPU 210639 121972
GPU 339646 104889
Memory 139322 77341
UX 160894 106223
Total score 850501 410425
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8200

  • Dimensity 8200 has 29.17% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (3100 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8200 has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8200 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Dimensity 8200 has 107.22% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (851 K vs 410 K).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8200 1054
Exynos 1280 733

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8200 4010
Exynos 1280 1832

Image compression

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 116.6

Face detection

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 13.5

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 33.1

Machine learning

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 29.3

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 13.1

HTML 5

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 1.97

SQLite

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Dimensity 8200
Exynos 1280 556.4

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 120Hz WQHD+ / 180Hz Full HD+ display support Full HD+ @120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ Adaptive support -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

82%
Turbo Clock Speed

3100 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex A78
    3x 3 GHz – Cortex A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
    2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set - ARMv8.3-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Mali-G68 MP4
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency - 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 6 4
  • Shading units - 48
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.2 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size - 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 580(Multi-Core) Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 108MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6E 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 8200

CPU
43%
GPU
40%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Samsung Exynos 1280

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