Snapdragon 888 Vs Exynos 1280
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 vs Exynos 1280 SoCs by Qualcomm 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
- Snapdragon 888 has 18.33% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (2840 vs 2400 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 has 96.99% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (808 K vs 410 K).
- Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1280.
- Snapdragon 888 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1280 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280
- Exynos 1280 has 19.05% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (1000 vs 840 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 211734 | 121972 |
| GPU | 306250 | 104889 |
| Memory | 133870 | 77341 |
| UX | 156641 | 106223 |
| Total score | 808495 | 410425 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 177.1 Mpixels/s | 116.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 26.5 images/s | 13.5 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 67.7 words/s | 33.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 59.9 images/s | 29.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 37.5 images/s | 13.1 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 3.96 Mnodes/s | 1.97 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 1060 Mnodes/s | 556.4 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
40%
SD 88817%
Exynos 1280Score: 5126
| Stability | 91% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 5126 | 2262 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Samsung Exynos 1280Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | Full HD+ @120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 | - |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | - |
CPU
75%
SD 88863%
Exynos 1280
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2840 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 10 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Mali-G68 MP4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 512 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 1720 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2. |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 108MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | X60 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 2550 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1280 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced Date | December 2020 | March 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8350 | S5E8825 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 888 official site | Exynos 1280 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
50.25
Review By TenzysTech
Samsung Exynos 1280
31
Review By TenzysTech
