Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 980

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs Samsung Exynos 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Samsung Exynos 980
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
561563
Samsung Exynos 980
467073
CPU180456149137
GPU9762091258
Memory14820687346
UX135281139332
NanoReview Score561563467073
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2367
Samsung Exynos 980
1694
Graphics Test14 fps10 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
943
Samsung Exynos 980
861
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2748
Samsung Exynos 980
1858
File Compression150.2 MB/s95.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser65.8 pages/s36.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering91.8 MP/sec61.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.69 frames/s6.11 frames/s
Photo Processing23.2 frames/s15 frames/s
Image Detection53 frames/s35.3 frames/s
HDR90.3 MP/sec59.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.13 MP/sec2.7 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Mali-G76 MP5
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 676 MHz 728 MHz
Execution Units 2 5
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 256 120
FLOPS 346.1 GFLOPS 174.7 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3360x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 Exynos 5123
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 3550 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 1380 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2022 yr September, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6450 S5E9630

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