Samsung Exynos 1080 vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

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Samsung Exynos 1080 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
Samsung Exynos 1080 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 1080 or Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Samsung Exynos 1080 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 1080 was released in Q4/2020.

The Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 was released in Q3/2013.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
Samsung Exynos 1080 (1) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
5 Generation 4
Cortex-A78/-A78/-A55 Architecture Ivy Bridge EP
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 1080 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 1080 is 2.80 GHz while the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 is at 3.00 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 1080 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz
1x Cortex-A78
A-Core 3.00 GHz (3.90 GHz)
2.60 GHz
3x Cortex-A78
B-Core --
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
C-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Samsung Exynos 1080 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 1080 or Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-G78 MP10 GPU no iGPU
0.76 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 2 GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
10 Compute units --
160 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-G78 MP10 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 1080 can use up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 59.7 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 1080 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
LPDDR5, LPDDR4X Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866
Max. Memory 256 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 25.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 40
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 1080 is --, while the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 has a TDP of 130 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 1080 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 130 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 1080 is manufactured in 5 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 25.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 1080 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
5 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket LGA 2011
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price 1723 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 1080 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 (96%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 1080 (54%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
903 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
871 (96%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3343 (54%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
6228 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
804 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
4558 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
ARM Mali-G78 MP10 @ 0.76 GHz
972 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
688300 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Samsung Exynos 1080 Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
4188 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 1080 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
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