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MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Samsung Exynos 1280 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020

MediaTek Dimensity 900

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The Mediatek Dimensity 900 is a fast mid-range SoC with an integrated 5G modem. It includes two fast ARM Cortex-A78 cores at up to 2.4 GHz and six power efficient Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2 GHz (Octa-Core with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing). Furthermore, the chip integrates a 4 core ARM Mali-G68 MC4 GPU, a Wi-fi 6 modem, a LPDDR4x memory controller, a AI processing unit  and video de- and encoding.

The Dimensity 900 is manufactured in the modern 6nm process and should be very power efficient.

Samsung Exynos 1280

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The Samsung Exynos 1280 is a midrange system on a chip (SoC) for smartphones and tablets. It was announced in early 2022 and is used in the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G. The CPU part integrates two clusters, a performance cluster with two ARM Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.4 GHz and an efficiency cluster with six small ARM Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2 GHz. The integrated memory controller supports LPDDR4x.

Furthermore, the chip integrates an ISP for cameras with up to 108 MPixel. The integrated ARM Mali G68 MC4 supports displays with up to 1080p and 120Hz.

One of the main features is the integrated 5G modem that supports Sub-6GHz (2550/1280 Mbps), mmWave (1840/920 Mbps), and LTE Cat 18 (1200/200 Mbps). WiFi 5 is the highest supported standard, as is Bluetooth 5.2.

The SoC is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at Samsung.

MediaTek Dimensity 7020

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The Mediatek Dimensity 7020 is a fast mid-range SoC with an integrated 5G modem. It includes two fast ARM Cortex-A78 cores at up to 2.2 GHz and six power efficient Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2 GHz (Octa-Core with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing). Furthermore, the chip integrates a IMG BXM-8-256 GPU, a Wi-Fi 5 modem, a LPDDR5 / LPDDR4X memory controller, a AI processing unit  and video de- and encoding.

The 5G modem supports NR 2CC and mixed duplex (TDD/FDD) and dual SIM. The download speeds can reach up to 2.77 Gbit/s.

Compared to the Dimensity 930, the 7020 offers the same specifications and seems to be a rebrand.

The Dimensity 930 and 7020 are manufactured in the modern 6nm process and should be very power efficient.

ModelMediaTek Dimensity 900Samsung Exynos 1280MediaTek Dimensity 7020
CodenameCortex-A78 / A55Cortex-A78 / A55
Clock2000 - 2400 MHz2000 - 2400 MHz2000 - 2500 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 88 / 8
2 x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A78
6 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology6 nm5 nm6 nm
Features2x ARM Cortex-A78 (2.4 GHz), 6x ARM Cortex-A55 (2 GHz), ARM Mali-G68 MC4, 5G NR Sub-6 GHz, LTEAI NPU, 5G NR Sub-6GHz Modem, GNSS, 4k30 Video En- and Decoding, Wifi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.2, FM Radio2x ARM Cortex-A78 (2.2 GHz), 6x ARM Cortex-A55 (2 GHz), PowerVR BXM-8-256, 5G 2CC-CA FDD+TDD, Dual 5G SIM, Dual VoNR, UFS 3.1, LPDDR5
iGPUARM Mali-G68 MP4 (900 MHz)ARM Mali-G68 MP4IMG BXM-8-256
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.comsemiconductor.samsung.comwww.mediatek.com
SeriesSamsung Exynos
Series: Exynos
Samsung Exynos 25001.8 - 3.3 GHz10 / 10 cores
Samsung Exynos 1280 « 2 - 2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
15179 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 3121     avg: 3559     median: 3426 (32%)     max: 4085 Points
min: 3325     avg: 3425     median: 3424.5 (32%)     max: 3524 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 3212     avg: 3251     median: 3248 (37%)     max: 3293 Points
min: 2997     avg: 3083     median: 3073 (35%)     max: 3187 Points
3474 Points (40%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
904 Points (22%)
min: 961     avg: 968     median: 966 (23%)     max: 976 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
2406 Points (9%)
min: 2021     avg: 2078     median: 2061 (8%)     max: 2152 Points
min: 2268     avg: 2292     median: 2291.5 (9%)     max: 2315 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 693     avg: 725     median: 734 (28%)     max: 747 Points
697 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2062     avg: 2153     median: 2161 (4%)     max: 2266 Points
1903 Points (3%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
703 Points (3%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
1908 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3500     avg: 3503     median: 3502.5 (35%)     max: 3505 Points
min: 3367     avg: 3376     median: 3376 (34%)     max: 3385 Points
3264 Points (33%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8977     avg: 9026     median: 9026 (9%)     max: 9075 Points
min: 7648     avg: 7739     median: 7738.5 (8%)     max: 7829 Points
8148 Points (8%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3257     avg: 3258     median: 3257.5 (36%)     max: 3258 Points
3187 Points (35%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7308     avg: 7358     median: 7357.5 (10%)     max: 7407 Points
7838 Points (10%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6437     avg: 7250     median: 7249.5 (11%)     max: 8062 Points
10095 Points (16%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2600     avg: 3032     median: 3032 (45%)     max: 3464 Points
3404 Points (51%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1657.65     avg: 7117     median: 1790 (2%)     max: 28189.8 ms
min: 1243.5     avg: 1518     median: 1287.1 (2%)     max: 1920.3 ms
1400 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 2800     avg: 21819     median: 23750 (17%)     max: 30485 Points
min: 24159     avg: 29314     median: 32436 (24%)     max: 32736 Points
min: 28919     avg: 33720     median: 33720 (25%)     max: 38521 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
54 Points (15%)
min: 106     avg: 109.7     median: 109 (30%)     max: 114 Points
97 Points (27%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 65     avg: 68.3     median: 68.5 (12%)     max: 71 Points
min: 69     avg: 117.8     median: 107.5 (19%)     max: 187 Points
120 Points (22%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 70141     avg: 73569     median: 73568.5 (62%)     max: 76996 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 72724     avg: 77487     median: 77487 (62%)     max: 82250 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 105322     avg: 106044     median: 106044 (19%)     max: 106766 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 107365     avg: 107808     median: 107808 (39%)     max: 108250 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 362407     avg: 364907     median: 364907 (35%)     max: 367407 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 424921     avg: 447053     median: 442730 (22%)     max: 477831 Points
min: 398969     avg: 414640     median: 409976 (20%)     max: 434975 Points
436096 Points (21%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 115792     avg: 124038     median: 124048 (31%)     max: 132263 Points
min: 106625     avg: 117011     median: 120812 (30%)     max: 123596 Points
126035 Points (31%)
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 Total Score
469669 Points (15%)
min: 459194     avg: 467559     median: 468630 (15%)     max: 474853 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 CPU
150876 Points (15%)
min: 149202     avg: 151352     median: 150455 (15%)     max: 154399 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
219220 Points (29%)
4737 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
min: 20827     avg: 22696     median: 21939 (10%)     max: 25322 Points
min: 15671     avg: 17297     median: 17445 (8%)     max: 18177 Points
27461 Points (12%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 8055     avg: 9793     median: 9592.5 (35%)     max: 12444 Points
min: 10946     avg: 12107     median: 12107 (44%)     max: 13268 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
min: 42.2     avg: 44.8     median: 43.7 (30%)     max: 48.5 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
min: 94.2     avg: 105.8     median: 109.4 (3%)     max: 113.9 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
min: 34.9     avg: 35.1     median: 35 (17%)     max: 35.3 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
min: 439     avg: 458.7     median: 466 (12%)     max: 471 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
5515 Points (29%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
18991 Points (41%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
9824 Points (64%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
10884 Points (54%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 497     avg: 576     median: 607 (23%)     max: 625 Points
min: 579     avg: 593     median: 598 (22%)     max: 601 Points
628 Points (23%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 2.73     avg: 3.4     median: 3.5 (2%)     max: 3.82 Watt
3.2 Watt (1%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 1.168     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (2%)     max: 1.502 Watt
1 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks MediaTek Dimensity 900 → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 1280 → 111% n=17

Average Benchmarks MediaTek Dimensity 7020 → 115% n=17

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