Samsung Exynos 5260 vs Samsung Exynos 5250. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 Samsung Exynos 5250
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  3 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A15 -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A7 -
• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  6 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.5 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  1.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 1.7 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.

• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Execution units
  4 4
• Generation
  Midgard 2 Midgard 1
• GPU Frequency
  600 MHz 530 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T624 MP4 ARM Mali-T604 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 530 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q4/2012
• Shader
  64 64
• Technology
  32nm 32nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5250 and Samsung Exynos 5260. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 0
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR3-800

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 5260 and Samsung Exynos 5250 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 5260 and Samsung Exynos 5250, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Cortex-A15
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2.5 MB 1 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q4/2011
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None