Overview - Exynos 1280 Vs Snapdragon 685

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Snapdragon 685 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 685 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 1280 18
Snapdragon 685 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 1280 82
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 1280 41
Snapdragon 685 36
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 1280 Snapdragon 685
CPU 121972 81894
GPU 104889 39122
Memory 77341 77991
UX 106223 71216
Total score 410425 270223
Key Differences

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280

  • Exynos 1280 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Exynos 1280 has 51.88% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (410 K vs 270 K).
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
  • Exynos 1280 Support 207.69% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (1200 vs 390 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

  • Snapdragon 685 has 16.67% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (2800 vs 2400 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 733
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 1832
Snapdragon 685 1609

Image compression

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Exynos 1280 116.6
Snapdragon 685

Face detection

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Exynos 1280 13.5
Snapdragon 685

Speech recognition

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Exynos 1280 33.1
Snapdragon 685

Machine learning

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Exynos 1280 29.3
Snapdragon 685

Camera shooting

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Exynos 1280 13.1
Snapdragon 685

HTML 5

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Exynos 1280 1.97
Snapdragon 685

SQLite

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Exynos 1280 556.4
Snapdragon 685

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz -
  • Execution units 4 2
  • Shading units 48 96
  • 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 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
  • 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, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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