Exynos 1280 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 1280 vs Snapdragon 8 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.
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 29.87% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (1000 vs 770 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 37.5% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (3300 vs 2400 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 125.04% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (4800 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (4 vs 5 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 413.94% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (2,109 K vs 410 K ).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1280.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 121972 | 495720 |
| GPU | 104889 | 914123 |
| Memory | 77341 | 361002 |
| UX | 106223 | 338475 |
| Total score | 410425 | 2109320 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 116.6 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 13.5 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 33.1 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 29.3 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 13.1 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.97 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 556.4 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
17%
Exynos 12800%
sd 8 Gen 3Score: 2262
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Score | 2262 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Samsung Exynos 1280 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Display
| Max On-Device Display | Full HD+ @120 Hz | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | - | 8K @ 30 Hz |
| HDR | - | HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | - | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
63%
Exynos 128087%
sd 8 Gen 3
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2260 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MP4 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 1000 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | - |
| Shading units | 48 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2. | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 77 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2550 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 1280 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | March 2022 | October 2023 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E8825 | SM8650-AB |
| Official page | Exynos 1280 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site |
Samsung Exynos 1280
37.25
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
68.25
Review By TenzysTech
