Samsung Exynos 5420 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Samsung Exynos 5420 has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Samsung Exynos series. The processor was released in Q3/2013.
| Name: | Samsung Exynos 5420 |
|---|---|
| Family: | Samsung Exynos (46) |
| CPU group: | Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 (5) |
| Architecture: | Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 3 |
| 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. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 |
|---|---|
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 4x Cortex-A15 |
| B-Core: | 4x Cortex-A7 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
|---|---|
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 1.90 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.30 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Samsung Exynos 5420 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Samsung Exynos 5420 uses the ARM Mali-T628 MP6, which has 96 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | ARM Mali-T628 MP6 |
|---|---|
| GPU frequency: | 0.53 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 6 |
| Shader: | 96 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q4/2012 |
| Max. displays: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Generation: | Midgard 2 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 32nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | -- |
| Frame Generation: | No |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
|---|---|
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
|---|---|
| AVC: | No |
| VC-1: | No |
| JPEG: | No |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
|---|---|
| LPDDR3e-933 | -- |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 0 |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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|---|---|
| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Samsung Exynos 5420 is made in 28 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.50 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 28 nm |
|---|---|
| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | 2.50 MB |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | Android |
| Virtualization: | None |
|---|---|
| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | -- |
| Release date: | Q3/2013 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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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.
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