Exynos 1280 Vs Snapdragon 720G
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Snapdragon 720G 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280
- Exynos 1280 has 4.35% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (2400 vs 2300 MHz).
- Exynos 1280 has 33.33% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (1000 vs 750 MHz).
- Exynos 1280 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
- Exynos 1280 has 37.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (5 vs 8 nm).
- Exynos 1280 has 52.47% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (410 K vs 269 K).
- Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 720G.
- Exynos 1280 Support 50.00% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 720G (1200 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 121972 | 98820 |
GPU | 104889 | 71078 |
Memory | 77341 | 47158 |
UX | 106223 | 52126 |
Total score | 410425 | 269182 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 116.6 Mpixels/s | 110.2 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 13.5 images/s | 13.1 images/s |
Speech recognition | 33.1 words/s | 27.3 words/s |
Machine learning | 29.3 images/s | 26.1 images/s |
Camera shooting | 13.1 images/s | 15.7 images/s |
HTML 5 | 1.97 Mnodes/s | 2.16 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 556.4 Mnodes/s | 533.6 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
17%
Exynos 12808%
SD 720GScore: 2262
Stability | 99% | 99% |
Graphics test | 13 FPS | 6 FPS |
Score | 2262 | 1037 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Samsung Exynos 1280 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720GDisplay
Max On-Device Display | Full HD+ @120 Hz | FHD+ @ 120 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | QHD @ 60 Hz |
HDR | - | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10 |
Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | - | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
69%
Exynos 128066%
SD 720G
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2300 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | - | - |
L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | - | 5 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G68 MP4 | Adreno 618 |
Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 1000 MHz | 750 MHz |
Execution units | 4 | 2 |
Shading units | 48 | 128 |
FLOPS | - | 435 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2. | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | - | 13.91 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP |
Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.1 |
Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 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 | 384 kHz/32 bit |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | X15 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 15 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 2550 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 1280 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | March 2022 | January 2020 |
Class | Mid range | Mid range |
Model number | S5E8825 | SM7125 |
Official page | Exynos 1280 official site | Snapdragon 720G official site |