Exynos 1280 Vs A17 Pro
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs A17 Pro SoCs by Samsung and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-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 Apple A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 57.5% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (3780 vs 2400 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 39.80% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (1398 vs 1000 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 40% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (3 vs 5 nm).
- A17 Pro has 297.55% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (1,632 K vs 410 K ).
- A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1280.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 121972 | 399992 |
| GPU | 104889 | 620081 |
| Memory | 77341 | 265579 |
| UX | 106223 | 346005 |
| Total score | 410425 | 1631657 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 116.6 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 13.5 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 33.1 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 29.3 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 13.1 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.97 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 556.4 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
17%
Exynos 128077%
A17 ProScore: 10002
| Stability | 99% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 60 FPS |
| Score | 2262 | 10002 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Samsung Exynos 1280 and Apple A17 ProDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | Full HD+ @120 Hz | - |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2960 x 1440 | - |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | - |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
63%
Exynos 1280100%
A17 Pro
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2020 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 19 Billion |
| TDP | - | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MP4 | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1000 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | 6 |
| Shading units | 48 | 128 |
| FLOPS | - | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2. | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2550 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 1280 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | March 2022 | September 2023 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E8825 | APL1V02 |
| Official page | Exynos 1280 official site | A17 Pro official site |
Samsung Exynos 1280
37.25
Review By TenzysTech
Apple A17 Pro
70
Review By TenzysTech
