Samsung Exynos 5420 vs Intel Processor N50

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Samsung Exynos 5420 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Processor N50
Samsung Exynos 5420 Intel Processor N50

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 5420 or Intel Processor N50 - 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 5420 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5420 was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Processor N50 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Processor N50 was released in Q1/2023.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Processor N (5)
Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 (5) CPU group Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5)
3 Generation 13
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Alder Lake N
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 5420 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 5420 is 1.90 GHz while the Intel Processor N50 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Processor N50 is at 1.80 GHz (3.40 GHz).
Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Processor N50
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz
4x Cortex-A15		 A-Core 1.80 GHz (3.40 GHz)
2x Gracemont
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7		 B-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 5420 Characteristic Intel Processor N50
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 5420 or Intel Processor N50 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-T628 MP6 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU)
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 13
32nm Technology 10 nm
1 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 16
96 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11 DirectX Version 12.1

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-T628 MP6 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 5420 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Processor N50 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Processor N50
LPDDR3e-933 Memory LPDDR5-4800, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 16 GB
0 Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
2.50 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 9
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 5420 is --, while the Intel Processor N50 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Processor N50
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 5420 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.50 MB cache. The Intel Processor N50 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.
Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Processor N50
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
-- Socket BGA
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2013 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price --
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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 5420 Samsung Exynos 5420
ARM Mali-T628 MP6 @ 0.53 GHz
102 (53%)
Intel Processor N50 Intel Processor N50
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.75 GHz
192 (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 5420 Samsung Exynos 5420
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Processor N50 Intel Processor N50
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1042 (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 5420 Samsung Exynos 5420
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Processor N50 Intel Processor N50
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1376 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Samsung Exynos 5420 Intel Processor N50
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