Exynos 1280 specifications
The Exynos 1280 is a 5nm chipset based on a 64-bit RISC processor. Intended for premium mid-range smartphones, the octa-core processor has two Arm Cortex-A78 CPU cores running at up to 2.4GHz and six power-efficient Cortex-A55 cores operating at a maximum frequency of 2.0GHz. There’s the Arm Mali-G68 GPU for handling graphics. Samsung says the GPU has been optimized with Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) for improved battery life. This chipset can handle cameras of up to 108-megapixel resolution. The ISP (image signal processor) is also capable of handling three input streams at once, enabling full triple-camera support of up to 16-megapixel. It supports multi-frame image processing for less noise in images. It also supports 4K video recording and playback at up to 30 fps (frames per second). The Exynos 1280 comes with an integrated 5G modem that offers both sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G connectivity. Samsung claims downlink and uplink speeds of up to 2.55Gbps and 1.28Gbps respectively in sub-6GHz 5G. If you switch to the less-reliable mmWave networks, you can get up to 1.84Gbps of downlink speed and 0.92Gbps of uplink speed. The NPU (neural processing unit) on this chipset can run up to 4.3 trillion operations per second (TOPS) for on-device AI (artificial intelligence) processing. Samsung says the Exynos 1280 boasts “scene segmentation, real-time motion analysis, multi-object surveillance, advanced language recognition,” and more AI capabilities. Other highlights of the Exynos 1280 include dual-band (2.4 and 5GHz) WiFi 802.11ac MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output), Bluetooth 5.2, FM Radio Rx, support for all major global navigations systems, support for Full HD+ resolution displays with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, LPDDR4x RAM, and UFS v2.2 storage standard. Built on the 5nm EUV process, this chipset should also be pretty power-efficient. Based on these specs, the Exynos 1280 appears to be a decent premium mid-range smartphone SoC. However, it may not be best suitable for graphic-intense games. Along with the Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A33, the new chipset has also made it inside the Galaxy M33 5G. We expect to see Samsung launch more devices with this processor in the future.
