Overview - Exynos 1280 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 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 7 Gen 3 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 1280 18
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 1280 82
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 1280 41
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 1280 Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 121972 256787
GPU 104889 272332
Memory 77341 177778
UX 106223 159966
Total score 410425 866863
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 9.58% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (2630 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 111.21% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (867 K vs 410 K ).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1280.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 733
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 1128

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 1280 1832
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 3375

Image compression

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Exynos 1280 116.6
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Face detection

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Exynos 1280 13.5
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Speech recognition

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Exynos 1280 33.1
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Machine learning

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Exynos 1280 29.3
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Camera shooting

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Exynos 1280 13.1
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

HTML 5

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Exynos 1280 1.97
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

SQLite

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Exynos 1280 556.4
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz WFHD+@168 Hz, WQHD+@120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10, Ultra HDR
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2630 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.6-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Adreno 720
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz -
  • Execution units 4 -
  • Shading units 48 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2. 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 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 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X63
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • 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 7 Gen 3

CPU
44%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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