Samsung Exynos 1280 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Samsung Exynos Mediatek Dimensity
• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 1280 MediaTek Dimensity 10xx
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 2

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A78 2x Cortex-A78
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A55 6x Cortex-A55
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  2.40 GHz 2.60 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G68 MP4 ARM Mali-G68 MP4
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  64 64
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 Vallhall 2
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and Samsung Exynos 1280. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4XLPDDR5 LPDDR4XLPDDR5
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 0
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 1280 and MediaTek Dimensity 1080 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 1280 and Samsung Exynos 1280, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78/-A55 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Operating systems
  Android Android
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2022
• Part Number
  -- MT6877V/TTZA
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet