MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 900 and Samsung Exynos 1280 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 18.4 Gbit/s (18.4 Gbit/s vs 17 Gbit/s)
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (6 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2022 (May 2021 vs March 2022)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Samsung
May 2021
Launch Date
March 2022
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
MT6877
Model Name
S5E8825
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
5 nm
2400 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G68 MP4
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
900 MHz
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
0.621 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.487 TFLOPS
48
Shading units
48
4
Execution units
4
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
18.4 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
17 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 900
898 +5%
Exynos 1280
852
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 900
2240 +16%
Exynos 1280
1927
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 900
505728 +3%
Exynos 1280
490914
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 900
609 +23%
Exynos 1280
497