Overview - Exynos 1280 Vs Dimensity 8020

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Dimensity 8020 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 8020 35
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 1280 18
Dimensity 8020 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 1280 82
Dimensity 8020 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 1280 41
Dimensity 8020 48
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 1280 Dimensity 8020
CPU 121972 169130
GPU 104889 238983
Memory 77341 130727
UX 106223 148460
Total score 410425 687300
Key Differences

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8020 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8020.

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8020

  • Dimensity 8020 has 8.33% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (2600 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8020 has 67.46% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (687 K vs 410 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 733
Dimensity 8020 826

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 1832
Dimensity 8020 3315

Image compression

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Exynos 1280 116.6
Dimensity 8020

Face detection

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Exynos 1280 13.5
Dimensity 8020

Speech recognition

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Exynos 1280 33.1
Dimensity 8020

Machine learning

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Exynos 1280 29.3
Dimensity 8020

Camera shooting

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Exynos 1280 13.1
Dimensity 8020

HTML 5

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Exynos 1280 1.97
Dimensity 8020

SQLite

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Exynos 1280 556.4
Dimensity 8020

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz Full HD+ @144 Hz, QHD+ @90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A -
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 4 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Mali-G77 MC9
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz -
  • Execution units 4 9
  • Shading units 48 144
  • 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 - 34.1 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 570
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 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, 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. 21
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 8020

CPU
35%
GPU
31%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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