Samsung Exynos 1280 vs Intel Celeron G5900

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Samsung Exynos 1280 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron G5900
Samsung Exynos 1280 Intel Celeron G5900

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 1280 or Intel Celeron G5900 - 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 1280 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 1280 was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Celeron G5900 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G5900 was released in Q2/2020.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Samsung Exynos 1280 (1) CPU group Intel Celeron G5000 (8)
6 Generation 9
Cortex-A78/-A55 Architecture Comet Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Celeron G4900
-- Successor Intel Celeron G5905

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 1280 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 1280 is 2.40 GHz while the Intel Celeron G5900 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron G5900 is at 3.40 GHz.

Samsung Exynos 1280 Characteristic Intel Celeron G5900
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz
2x Cortex-A78
A-Core 3.40 GHz
2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Samsung Exynos 1280 Characteristic Intel Celeron G5900
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Samsung Exynos 1280 or Intel Celeron G5900 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-G68 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
Vallhall 2 GPU Generation 9.5
6 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 12
64 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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-G68 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 1280 can use up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Celeron G5900 supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 1280 Characteristic Intel Celeron G5900
LPDDR4X Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 128 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 1280 is --, while the Intel Celeron G5900 has a TDP of 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 1280 Characteristic Intel Celeron G5900
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 58 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 1280 is manufactured in 5 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron G5900 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 1280 Characteristic Intel Celeron G5900
5 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket LGA 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 60 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 1280 (93%)
Intel Celeron G5900 (95%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 1280 (100%)
Intel Celeron G5900 (80%)

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 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
741 (85%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
874 (100%)

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 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1855 (100%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1691 (91%)

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 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
845 (100%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
755 (89%)

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 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1829 (100%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1240 (68%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
358 (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 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
ARM Mali-G68 MP4 @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
419640 (100%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2695 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
145 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 1280 Samsung Exynos 1280
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
258 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 1280 Intel Celeron G5900
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