MediaTek Helio G96 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

VS

MediaTek Helio G96

Samsung Exynos 1280

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2050MHz MediaTek Helio G96 vs. 8 cores 2400MHz Samsung Exynos 1280 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Helio G96 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (17.1GB/s vs 17GB/s)

Lower TDP (5W vs 6W)

Samsung Exynos 1280 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.487 TFLOPS vs 0.243 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (2400MHz vs 2050MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 12nm)

Released 9 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

MediaTek Helio G96

388043

Samsung Exynos 1280 +24%

481288

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Helio G96

651

Samsung Exynos 1280 +30%

852

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Helio G96

1860

Samsung Exynos 1280 +3%

1927

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Helio G96

243

Samsung Exynos 1280 +100%

487

MediaTek Helio G96

VS

Samsung Exynos 1280

CPU

2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

2050 MHz

Frequency

2400 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8.2-A

12 nm

Process

5 nm

5 W

TDP

6 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G57 MP2

GPU name

Mali-G68 MP4

950 MHz

GPU frequency

1000 MHz

2

Execution units

4

64

Shading units

48

10

Max size

8

0.243 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.487 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.3

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

12

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR4X

2133 MHz

Memory frequency

2133 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

17.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

17 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2

Storage type

UFS 2.2

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

2960 x 1440

1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 108MP

2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 13

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 650 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 2550 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 1840 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Jun 2021

Announced

Mar 2022

Mid range

Class

Mid range

MT6781

Model number

S5E8825

MediaTek Helio G96

Official page

Samsung Exynos 1280

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