Samsung Exynos 1280 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Comparing the Samsung Exynos 1280 and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

Samsung Exynos 1280

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

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Summary

Release Date

Mar, 2022

Mar, 2026

CPU

Octa core

(2.4 GHz, Dual Core + 2 GHz, Hexa Core)

Octa core

(3.4 GHz, Single Core + 3.2 GHz, Tri core + 2.2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

5 nm

4 nm

GPU

Mali-G68 MP4

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	2,136,906 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	1,725/6,860 View Benchmark Details

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Samsung Exynos 1280 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 2,136,906

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CPU

N/A

618,996

GPU

N/A

648,976

Memory

N/A

390,041

N/A

478,893

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Samsung Exynos 1280 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 1,725

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Geekbench Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 1280 N/A

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 6,860

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General

SoC Brand

Samsung

MediaTek

Title

Samsung Exynos 1280

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Model No

S5E8825

N/A

Manufacturing

Samsung

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (2.4 GHz, Dual Core, Cortex A78 + 2 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55)

Octa core (3.4 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

5 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.2-A

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

N/A

3.5 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

6 MB

GPU

Mali-G68 MP4

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

897 MHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

128

1024

FLOPS

229.6 Gigaflops

2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A

12.0

AI

NPU

N/A	MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.133 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

2x16 Bit

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

17 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 2.2

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

108 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+ @ 120 Hz

QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

120 Hz

144 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

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

Connectivity

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 2550 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 1280 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, b, g, n

a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.2

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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