78

Points
Samsung Exynos 1280

78

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 720
Overview - Exynos 1280 Vs Dimensity 720

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Dimensity 720 SoCs by Samsung and Mediatek 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
Exynos 1280 24
Dimensity 720 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 1280 18
Dimensity 720 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 1280 82
Dimensity 720 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 1280 41
Dimensity 720 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 1280 Dimensity 720
CPU 121972 94857
GPU 104889 73751
Memory 77341 64277
UX 106223 61339
Total score 410425 294224
Key Differences

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 20.00% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (2400 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 17.65% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 720 (1000 vs 850 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 720 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Exynos 1280 has 39.49% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 720 (410 K vs 294 K).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 720.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 733
Dimensity 720 523

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 1832
Dimensity 720 1707

Image compression

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Exynos 1280 116.6
Dimensity 720 98.5

Face detection

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Exynos 1280 13.5
Dimensity 720 14.3

Speech recognition

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Exynos 1280 33.1
Dimensity 720 31.3

Machine learning

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Exynos 1280 29.3
Dimensity 720 27

Camera shooting

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Exynos 1280 13.1
Dimensity 720 14.9

HTML 5

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Exynos 1280 1.97
Dimensity 720 2

SQLite

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Exynos 1280 556.4
Dimensity 720 510.9

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 97%

Graphics test 7 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz Full HD+ @ 90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 4 3
  • Shading units 48 48
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2. 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Samsung Exynos 1280

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

Mediatek Dimensity 720

CPU
20%
GPU
14%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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