Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 vs Samsung Exynos 9820

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, vs Samsung Exynos 9820. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and Samsung Exynos 9820
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 7 Gen 4
956920
Samsung Exynos 9820
624243
CPU299548170665
GPU300705197730
Memory190452127795
UX166215128053
NanoReview Score956920624243
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
n/a
Samsung Exynos 9820
3177
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Testn/a19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1352
Samsung Exynos 9820
741
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4164
Samsung Exynos 9820
2317
File Compression189 MB/s100.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser115 pages/s67.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering160.7 MP/sec68.2 MP/sec
Background Blur15.2 frames/s6.22 frames/s
Photo Processing37.7 frames/s21.2 frames/s
Image Detection84.7 frames/s46.2 frames/s
HDR128.2 MP/sec78.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.12 MP/sec3.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 2/2.73 (Mongoose M4)
- 2/2.31 (Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.95 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2730
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor count n/a 8.5 billion

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 722 Mali-G76 MP12
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency n/a 702 MHz
Execution Units 2 12
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 512 288
FLOPS n/a 404.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 33.6 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 12 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
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2880x1800 pixels 3840x2400 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
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 n/a Exynos 5100
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 2000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 316 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr November, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7750-AB S5E9820

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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