Samsung Exynos 980 vs MediaTek Dimensity 720

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Samsung Exynos 980

MediaTek Dimensity 720

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 980 vs. 8 cores 2000MHz MediaTek Dimensity 720 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Samsung Exynos 980 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 17.07GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 2000MHz)

Lower TDP (9W vs 10W)

MediaTek Dimensity 720 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.3264 TFLOPS vs 0.2621 TFLOPS )

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 8nm)

Released 10 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Samsung Exynos 980 +10%

433794

MediaTek Dimensity 720

391528

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Samsung Exynos 980 +12%

869

MediaTek Dimensity 720

774

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 980

1867

MediaTek Dimensity 720

1861

FP32 (float)

Samsung Exynos 980

262

MediaTek Dimensity 720 +24%

326

Samsung Exynos 980

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MediaTek Dimensity 720

CPU

2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

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

2200 MHz

Frequency

2000 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8.2-A

8 nm

Process

7 nm

9 W

TDP

10 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

-

Graphics

Mali-G76 MP5

GPU name

Mali-G57 MP3

728 MHz

GPU frequency

850 MHz

5

Execution units

3

36

Shading units

64

8

Max size

12

0.2621 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.3264 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

4x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

34.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

17.07 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1

Storage type

UFS 2.2

3360 x 1440

Max display resolution

2520 x 1080

1x 108MP, 2x 20MP

Max camera resolution

1x 64MP, 2x 20MP

4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Exynos 5123

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 3550 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 2770 Mbps

Up to 1380 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 1250 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.0

Bluetooth

5.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Sep 2019

Announced

Jul 2020

Mid range

Class

Mid range

S5E9630

Model number

MT6853V

Samsung Exynos 980

Official page

MediaTek Dimensity 720

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