78

Points
Mediatek Helio G96

78

Points
Samsung Exynos 1280
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Exynos 1280

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 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
Helio G96 21
Exynos 1280 24
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Exynos 1280 18
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Exynos 1280 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Exynos 1280 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Exynos 1280
CPU 98570 121972
GPU 76840 104889
Memory 70017 77341
UX 94023 106223
Total score 339450 410425
Key Differences

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 17.07% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2400 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 5.26% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1000 vs 950 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 58.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (5 vs 12 nm).
  • Exynos 1280 has 20.91% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (410 K vs 339 K ).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Exynos 1280 733

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Exynos 1280 1832

Image compression

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 116.6

Face detection

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 13.5

Speech recognition

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 33.1

Machine learning

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 29.3

Camera shooting

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 13.1

HTML 5

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 1.97

SQLite

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Helio G96
Exynos 1280 556.4

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 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 Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    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 - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Mali-G68 MP4
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 2 4
  • Shading units 32 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 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - -
  • Max Size 10 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, 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. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 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 Helio G96

CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

Samsung Exynos 1280

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