Exynos 1680 vs Dimensity 8550

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1680 (with Samsung Xclipse 550 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 8550 (Mali-G720 MP8). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8550
  • Supports 200% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 75%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2429K vs 1390K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~26%)
  • 17% higher CPU clock speed (3400 vs 2900 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1390055
2429134
CPU 510705 612932
GPU 374535 952016
Memory 204469 394012
UX 300346 470174
Total score 1390055 2429134
Samples [14 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1558
Multi-Core Score
6283
Asset compression 212.5 MB/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 125.8 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 144.7 Mpixels/sec -
Image detection 86.1 images/sec -
HDR 141.1 Mpixels/sec -
Background blur 18 images/sec -
Photo processing 39.6 images/sec -
Ray tracing 5.87 Mpixels/sec -
Samples 3 tests Less than 3
Compute Score (GPU)
15146
Background blur 13.3 images/sec -
Face detection 6.4 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.33 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian blur 0.42 Gpixels/sec -
Feature matching 0.11 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 31.6 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 958.9 FPS -
API Vulkan -
Samples 2 tests Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1680
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Darck)AnTuTu1348067
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 -> HaiLong0510AnTuTu1434648
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (Mehedi)AnTuTu1351187
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (OverloadedPoortato)AnTuTu1373963
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (xhnhx)AnTuTu1413043
MediaTek Dimensity 8550
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1680 and Dimensity 8550

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2900 MHz 3400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 6 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 550 Mali-G720 MP8
Architecture RDNA 3 Valhall 5th gen
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 1508 MHz
Pipelines 2 8
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 256 1024
FLOPS 1228.8 Gigaflops 3088.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek NPU 880
NPU theoretical performance 19.6 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Shannon 5348 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 6.1 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2026 May 2026
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number S5E8865 MT6899, MT6899Z_T/TZA
Official page Samsung Exynos 1680 official site MediaTek Dimensity 8550 official site

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