Samsung Exynos 1280 vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 1280, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 1280 and Apple A14 Bionic
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
Samsung Exynos 1280
478526
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU154535310050
GPU105189323143
Memory92022173777
UX126780288345
NanoReview Score4785261095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 1280
2287
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stability99 %69 %
Graphics Test13 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 1280
851
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 1280
1913
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression97.2 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser50.8 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering70.9 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur5.92 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing18.1 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection36 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR70.2 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.04 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2400 3100
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G68 MP4 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 897 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 32 64
Total shader 128 256
FLOPS 229.6 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 4.3 TOPS 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 NVMe
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2550 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1280 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2022 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename S5E8825 APL1W01

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A14 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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