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Samsung Exynos 5422 vs Samsung Exynos 5420. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2014
Samsung Exynos 5422
Samsung Exynos 5422
Released
Q3/2013
Overall score
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Samsung Exynos 5420
Samsung Exynos 5420

What's the best choice Samsung Exynos 5422 or Samsung Exynos 5420? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Samsung Exynos 5422 has a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q1/2014.

Samsung Exynos 5420 has a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q3/2013.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 7% better clock speed

    1.40 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 10% better overclocked clock speed

    2.10 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 5422 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1558 place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 5420 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1562 place

Specifications

Technical data
Samsung Exynos 5422 Samsung Exynos 5422
Samsung Exynos 5420 Samsung Exynos 5420
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Samsung Exynos left arrow Samsung Exynos
  • CPU group
    Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 left arrow Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
CPU Technical specs

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 left arrow 8 / 8
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A-Core
    4x Cortex-A15 left arrow 4x Cortex-A15
  • B-Core
    4x Cortex-A7 left arrow 4x Cortex-A7
  • Frequency
    1.40 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.10 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.10 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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-T628 MP6 left arrow ARM Mali-T628 MP6
  • GPU frequency
    0.53 GHz left arrow 0.53 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    6 left arrow 6
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 96
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    Midgard 2 left arrow Midgard 2
  • Direct X
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    32nm left arrow 32nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q4/2012
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5420 and Samsung Exynos 5422. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR3e-933 left arrow LPDDR3e-933
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 5422 and Samsung Exynos 5420 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 5422 and Samsung Exynos 5422, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) left arrow ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    2.50 MB left arrow 2.50 MB
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 left arrow Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 28 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q1/2014 left arrow Q3/2013

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Samsung Exynos 5422 and Samsung Exynos 5420.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
102
Samsung Exynos 5422
102
Samsung Exynos 5420

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