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Samsung Exynos 1280
Samsung's own mid-range engine for the Galaxy A53 and A33: two Cortex-A78 cores on its 5nm process. Efficient enough, but the phones it shipped in were remembered for stutter - a software story as much as a silicon one.
Pros
- 5nm process in 2022 mid-rangers
- Solid modem integration
- Long software support in Galaxy A phones
Cons
- Only two performance cores
- Mali-G68 MP4 at conservative clocks
- Launch-era UI stutter reputation
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Samsung Exynos 1280
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Process
- 5 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 5 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 + 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.4 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G68 MP4
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-2133
- Max bandwidth
- 17.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G (sub-6)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 120Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@30fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 968Bottom 41%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,078Bottom 34%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 635Bottom 42%
Devices with the Samsung Exynos 1280
3 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Samsung Exynos 1280 good in 2026?
The Samsung Exynos 1280 earns an Inno Score of 34.1/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Samsung's own mid-range engine for the Galaxy A53 and A33: two Cortex-A78 cores on its 5nm process. Efficient enough, but the phones it shipped in were remembered for stutter - a software story as much as a silicon one.
Which devices use the Samsung Exynos 1280?
3 devices in our catalog use the Samsung Exynos 1280: Samsung Galaxy A53 5G, Samsung Galaxy M34 5G, Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024).
What are the key specs of the Samsung Exynos 1280?
Cores: 8 · Process: 5 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G68 MP4
What are the closest alternatives to the Samsung Exynos 1280?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, MediaTek Dimensity 7025, Huawei Kirin 9000S — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
