Samsung Exynos 1280 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Frequency
2400 MHz
3250 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9-A
Process
5 nm
4 nm
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L2 cache
-
1 MB
L3 cache
-
6 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
Mali-G720 MP7
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
4
6
Shading units
48
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
3.2
DirectX version
12
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
MediaTek NPU 880
Storage type
UFS 2.2
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2550 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1840 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
5.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
AI
NPU
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MediaTek NPU 880
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
481,288
1,623,874
Geekbench 6
852
1,571
Geekbench 6
1,927
6,033
FP32 (float)
487
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