Allwinner A133 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Full compare data of benchmarks Allwinner A133 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880, speed testing of GPUs Mali-T830 MP3 and PowerVR GE8300.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: A133 is quad-core (Cortex-A53) and Exynos 7 Octa 7880 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications like Octane V2, Vellamo, AnTuTu, Mozilla Kraken, Neocore, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, PCMark, Quadrant, Geekbench, 3DMark, PassMark, and how good the chipsets are in games Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, Fortnite, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft Bedrock, PUBG etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which SoCs is better to buy A133 or Exynos 7 Octa 7880 and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

A133

Exynos 7 Octa 7880

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

A133

67%

Exynos 7 Octa 7880

57%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

A133

Exynos 7 Octa 7880

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	A133	Exynos 7 Octa 7880
Total score	63060	60634
CPU	17649	16971
GPU	23962	23044
MEM	10088	9701
UX	11353	10913

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	A133	Exynos 7 Octa 7880
Single-Core	102	156
Multi-Core	341	706

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	A133	Exynos 7 Octa 7880
Frequency	1600 MHz	1900 MHz
Cores	4	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53	8x1.9 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	4 W
Memory type	LPDDR3, LPDDR4	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	DDR3/DDR3L/DDR4/LPDDR3/LPDDR4, 32-bit 4Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	2x LPDDR4 up to 1600MHz, 1x LPDDR3 up to 933MHz	1866
Memory bandwidth	6	16.5
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Exynos 7 Octa 7880 is 15% better than A133 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that A133 has 4 more core than Exynos 7 Octa 7880. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	PowerVR GE8300	Mali-T830 MP3
GPU Frequency	660 MHz	950 MHz
GFloPS	128.75	71.4
# of Cores	2	3
# of Shader Units
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2560 x 1440 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	14.3	10.8
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	23.4	19.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	15.5	11.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	11.5	7.5
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	15.5	11.3
Real Racing 3	46.8	29.3
Sniper 3D	30.4	42.9
Need for Speed No Limits	37.4	31.2
Mortal Kombat X	33.9	28.3
CSR Racing 2	28.1	25.4

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	13 MP	21.7 MP
Dual Camera resolution	8 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	4K, 2K, FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264, H.265/HEVC	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem		LTE Cat.7 3CA
Download speed	150 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 MBit/s.	100 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Allwinner A133 is better: 23
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 is better: 15
You need to understand that you should not blindly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint comparison and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

A133 SoC - all data

• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Devices lists
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10

• A133 specs and review.

Exynos 7 Octa 7880 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10

• Exynos 7 Octa 7880 specs and review.