Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs Samsung Exynos 2500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Samsung Exynos 2500
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 8 Gen 1
1169574
Samsung Exynos 2500
2213797
CPU315665500921
GPU426818928912
Memory192834410202
UX234257373762
NanoReview Score11695742213797
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
Samsung Exynos 2500
n/a
Graphics Test40 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
File Compression154.9 MB/s386.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s234.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec272.4 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s36.6 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s86.3 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s246.4 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec313.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec13 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 10
Frequency 3000 3300
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 5.3 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Samsung Xclipse 950
Architecture Adreno 700 RDNA 3.5
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 2 8
Shader Units 512 n/a
Total shader 1024 n/a
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.1 1.4
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 S5E9955

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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