Samsung Exynos 980 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 980 vs. 8 cores 2400MHz Samsung Exynos 1280 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Samsung Exynos 980 Advantages

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

Samsung Exynos 1280 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.487 TFLOPS vs 0.2621 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (2400MHz vs 2200MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 8nm)

Lower TDP (6W vs 9W)

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Samsung Exynos 980

433794

Samsung Exynos 1280 +10%

481288

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Samsung Exynos 980 +1%

869

Samsung Exynos 1280

852

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 980

1867

Samsung Exynos 1280 +3%

1927

FP32 (float)

Samsung Exynos 980

262

Samsung Exynos 1280 +85%

487

Samsung Exynos 980

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Samsung Exynos 1280

CPU

2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

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

2200 MHz

Frequency

2400 MHz

8

Cores

8

8 nm

Process

5 nm

9 W

TDP

6 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G76 MP5

GPU name

Mali-G68 MP4

728 MHz

GPU frequency

1000 MHz

5

Execution units

4

36

Shading units

48

8

Max size

8

0.2621 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.487 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

34.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

17 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1

Storage type

UFS 2.2

3360 x 1440

Max display resolution

2960 x 1440

1x 108MP, 2x 20MP

Max camera resolution

1x 108MP

4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Exynos 5123

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 3550 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 2550 Mbps

Up to 1380 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 1840 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.0

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Sep 2019

Announced

Mar 2022

Mid range

Class

Mid range

S5E9630

Model number

S5E8825

Samsung Exynos 980

Official page

Samsung Exynos 1280

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