Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Exynos 1280 SoCs, manufactured by Qualcomm and Samsung respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has -10.00% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (900 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 167.51 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (1098 K vs 410 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1280.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1280 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 108.33 % higher download speed than Exynos 1280 ( 2500 vs 1200 Mbps).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 243697 121972
GPU 478120 104889
Memory 191931 77341
UX 184166 106223
Total score 1097914 410425

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 69% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 13 FPS
Score 9875 2262

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 900 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines - 4
Shading units - 48
Total shaders - 96
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 2550 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced May 2022 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - S5E8825
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Exynos 1280 official site