Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa

The Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa (also called Exynos 5 Octa) is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) for smartphones and tablets. It was launched in mid-2013 alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and features four Cortex-A15 cores clocked at up to 1.9 GHz. Furthermore, there are four additional Cortex-A7 cores at up to 1.3 GHz, an ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU and a 2x 32 bit LPDDR3(E)-1866 memory controller up to 14.9 GB/s.
Processor
Compared to the commonly used Cortex-A9 and Cortex-A7 architecture, the A15 cores offer at least 50 percent higher performance per clock, which makes the Exynos 5420 one of the fastest ARM SoCs of 2013. On average, the CPU performance is roughly on par with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or Nvidia Tegra 4.
In addition, Samsung has integrated four Cortex-A7 cores clocked up to 1.3 GHz. Depending on the system load, the SoC will automatically switch between the more powerful A15 cores and the more efficient A7 cores to improve power consumption and battery life in a concept Samsung calls big.LITTLE". In contrast to the previous Exynos 5410, all eight cores can be used simultaneously, so that the chip can be described as the first "true" octa-core SoC in its class.
Graphics
The Exynos 5420 integrates a Mali-T628 MP6 GPU, which offers six shader clusters clocked at up to 600 MHz (115 GFLOPS). The Mali-T628 supports OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenCL 1.1 and DirectX 11 and offers a performance that is just sligthly behind the Adreno 330 (Snapdragon 800) or a PowerVR G6430 (Apple A7). Thus, the GPU is one of the high-end solutions as of 2013 and can run even the most demanding Android games at high resolutions (up to 2560 x 1600 pixels) and detail settings.
Power Consumption
The Exynos 5 Octa should have an estimated maximum TDP of about 3 to 4 W on a smartphone. It is possible that sustained load will lead to throttling of the CPU or GPU, especially in smartphones.
Series | Samsung Exynos |
Codename | Cortex-A7/-A15 |
Series: Exynos Cortex-A7/-A15 | |
Clock Rate | 1800 - 1900 MHz |
Level 1 Cache | 8x 64 KB |
Level 2 Cache | 512 + 2048 KB |
Number of Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 |
Manufacturing Technology | 28 nm |
Features | ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU (600 MHz), 4x Cortex-A15 (1.8 - 1.9 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A7 (1.3 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR3(E)-1866 Memory Controller |
Announcement Date | 09/25/2013 |
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Product Link (external) | Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa |
Benchmarks
3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080

min: 11938 avg: 13575.8 median: 13957 (17%) max: 14450 Points



















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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

min: 13903 avg: 14184.7 median: 14318 (17%) max: 14333 Points

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream

min: 943 avg: 1331.3 median: 1516 (12%) max: 1535 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory

min: 1508 avg: 1653.3 median: 1553 (14%) max: 1899 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
min: 5870 avg: 6219 median: 6215 (11%) max: 6572 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
min: 2710 avg: 2777.3 median: 2740 (5%) max: 2882 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
min: 3407 avg: 3612 median: 3589 (8%) max: 3840 Points
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 2707 avg: 2751.5 median: 2751 (3%) max: 2797 Points








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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score

min: 901 avg: 924.8 median: 927 (19%) max: 943 Points



















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Geekbench 4.4 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

818 Points (13%)

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Geekbench 4.4 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

2145 Points (4%)
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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread

min: 631 avg: 705.2 median: 709 (24%) max: 770 MFLOPS


















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Linpack Android / IOS - Single Thread

min: 349 avg: 377.1 median: 383 (38%) max: 391 MFLOPS



















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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *
min: 7727 avg: 7854.7 median: 7870 (13%) max: 7949 ms
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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *

min: 1063 avg: 1080.8 median: 1067 (12%) max: 1112 ms
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Sunspider - 0.9.1 Total Score *

min: 1132 avg: 1152.4 median: 1136 (11%) max: 1188 ms
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 9%

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Octane V2 - Total Score

min: 4076 avg: 4314.5 median: 4297 (8%) max: 4588 Points



















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min: 1385 avg: 1392 median: 1392 (37%) max: 1399 Points
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Vellamo 3.x - Multicore Beta

min: 1586 avg: 1598.5 median: 1598 (36%) max: 1611 Points
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min: 2342 avg: 2364.5 median: 2364 (31%) max: 2387 Points

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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0

min: 16992 avg: 19179.3 median: 19709 (46%) max: 20837 points
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min: 34217 avg: 34703 median: 34666 (81%) max: 35262 points

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AnTuTu v5 - Total Score

min: 36109 avg: 36658.5 median: 36658 (37%) max: 37208 Points
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min: 666 avg: 700 median: 699 (21%) max: 736 Iter./s



















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min: 13302 avg: 13847.2 median: 13851 (45%) max: 14384 Iter./s



















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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - CPU Tests
min: 17610 avg: 18235 median: 18111 (2%) max: 19108 Points









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PCMark for Android - Work performance score

3617 Points (18%)
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