Samsung Exynos 7420 vs Samsung Exynos 7880. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  1 1
• 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
  4x Cortex-A57 -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.1 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.1 GHz 1.9 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
  8 3
• Generation
  Midgard 3 Midgard 4
• GPU Frequency
  700 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T760 MP8 ARM Mali-T830 MP3
• GPU Turbo
  770 MHz 600 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q4/2015
• Shader
  128 48
• Technology
  28nm 28nm

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 Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 7880 and Samsung Exynos 7420. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 0
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-1600 LPDDR4-1600

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 7420 and Samsung Exynos 7880 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 7420 and Samsung Exynos 7880, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  0.51 MB 2.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q1/2017
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None None