Overview - Exynos 1280 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoCs by Samsung and Qualcomm 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
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 1280 18
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 1280 82
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 1280 41
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 1280 Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
CPU 121972 131871
GPU 104889 163570
Memory 77341 114048
UX 106223 94884
Total score 410425 504373
Key Differences

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 9.09% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (2400 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has 4.71% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (1000 vs 955 MHz).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2.

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 22.89% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (504 K vs 410 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 733
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 1832
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106

Image compression

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Exynos 1280 116.6
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Face detection

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Exynos 1280 13.5
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Speech recognition

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Exynos 1280 33.1
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Machine learning

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Exynos 1280 29.3
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Camera shooting

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Exynos 1280 13.1
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

HTML 5

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Exynos 1280 1.97
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

SQLite

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Exynos 1280 556.4
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 1200 x 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    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 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Adreno 613
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz 955 MHz
  • Execution units 4 -
  • Shading units 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 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • 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, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X61
  • 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, 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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