Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 with Samsung Exynos 1280. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Snapdragon 636

174837

Exynos 1280

465756

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 636

274

Exynos 1280

841

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 636

1129

Exynos 1280

1902

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 260 Gold) 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver)	2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon 680	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 509	Mali-G68 MP4
GPU Architecture	Qualcomm Adreno 500	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	720 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	1	4
Shaders	128	64
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	1920x1200	2960x1440@120Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 24MP, 2x 16MP	1x 108MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	2.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.84 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS