Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs Samsung Exynos 1280. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and Samsung Exynos 1280
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
626536
Samsung Exynos 1280
478526
CPU212110154535
GPU120714105189
Memory14117192022
UX152541126780
NanoReview Score626536478526
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
n/a
Samsung Exynos 1280
2287
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Testn/a13 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
Samsung Exynos 1280
851
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
Samsung Exynos 1280
1913
File Compression158.7 MB/s97.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s50.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/sec70.9 MP/sec
Background Blur9.48 frames/s5.92 frames/s
Photo Processing27.8 frames/s18.1 frames/s
Image Detection57.3 frames/s36 frames/s
HDR92.6 MP/sec70.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/sec3.04 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 897 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 256 128
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS 229.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 4.3 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 2550 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 1280 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr March, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6475-AB S5E8825

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