Samsung Exynos 1280 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

VS

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2400MHz Samsung Exynos 1280 vs. 8 cores 2600MHz HiSilicon Kirin 980 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Samsung Exynos 1280 Advantages

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Released 3 years and 7 months late

HiSilicon Kirin 980 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.5184 TFLOPS vs 0.487 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 17GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2600MHz vs 2400MHz)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Samsung Exynos 1280

481288

HiSilicon Kirin 980 +21%

583410

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Samsung Exynos 1280 +2%

852

HiSilicon Kirin 980

835

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 1280

1927

HiSilicon Kirin 980 +10%

2132

FP32 (float)

Samsung Exynos 1280

487

HiSilicon Kirin 980 +6%

518

Samsung Exynos 1280

VS

HiSilicon Kirin 980

CPU

2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55

2400 MHz

Frequency

2600 MHz

8

Cores

8

-

L2 cache

4 MB

-

L3 cache

0

5 nm

Process

7 nm

-

Transistor count

6.9

6 W

TDP

6 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G68 MP4

GPU name

Mali-G76 MP10

1000 MHz

GPU frequency

720 MHz

4

Execution units

10

48

Shading units

36

8

Max size

8

0.487 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.5184 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.3

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

12

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR4X

2133 MHz

Memory frequency

2133 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

17 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

34.1 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

UFS 2.2

Storage type

UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0

2960 x 1440

Max display resolution

3120 x 1440

1x 108MP

Max camera resolution

1x 48MP, 2x 20MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 21

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 2550 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 1400 Mbps

Up to 1840 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 200 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

6

5.2

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Mar 2022

Announced

Aug 2018

Mid range

Class

Flagship

S5E8825

Model number

-

Samsung Exynos 1280

Official page

HiSilicon Kirin 980

Related SoC Comparison

1

Samsung Exynos 1280 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

2

Samsung Exynos 1380 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

3

Samsung Exynos 1280 vs MediaTek Helio G99

4

MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus vs Samsung Exynos 1280

5

Samsung Exynos 1280 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

6

MediaTek Dimensity 1080 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

7

HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs MediaTek Helio G99

8

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

9

Samsung Exynos 1280 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

10

Samsung Exynos 1280 vs Samsung Exynos 2400

Related News

1

Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 SSD Launched: Up to 8TB Capacity with Mixed TLC/QLC Flash

2

Apple's Most Powerful Laptop is Coming: A Preview of the New MacBook Pro

3

AMD Breakthrough: Ryzen AI HX 370 Processor Benchmark Revealed with Aggressive Performance

4

Russian Cosplayer as Marika from 'Elden Ring': Stunning Figure in a High-Slit Gown

5

AMD Patents Multi-Chip Design GPU with Configurable Multi-Mode Capabilities

6

MSI Unveils Laptop with AMD Ryzen AI 300 Chip at Computex Taipei 2024

7

Intel Releases BIOS Update to Improve Gaming Stability for 13th and 14th Gen Core Processors