Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Samsung Exynos 9820

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, vs Samsung Exynos 9820. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 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 855
610427
Samsung Exynos 9820
624243
CPU188722170665
GPU172501197730
Memory108871127795
UX140333128053
NanoReview Score610427624243
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
3013
Samsung Exynos 9820
3177
Stability82 %82 %
Graphics Test18 fps19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
930
Samsung Exynos 9820
741
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
2834
Samsung Exynos 9820
2317
File Compression129.1 MB/s100.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser75.9 pages/s67.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering88.8 MP/sec68.2 MP/sec
Background Blur8.79 frames/s6.22 frames/s
Photo Processing27.5 frames/s21.2 frames/s
Image Detection62.3 frames/s46.2 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec78.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/sec3.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 28 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 51 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 57 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
- 2/2.73 (Mongoose M4)
- 2/2.31 (Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.95 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2730
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion 8.5 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 Mali-G76 MP12
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 585 MHz 702 MHz
Execution Units 3 12
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 288
FLOPS 898.5 GFLOPS 404.4 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 Hexagon 690 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 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 3.0 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2400 pixels
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Exynos 5100
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 2000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s Up to 316 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced December, 2018 yr November, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8150 S5E9820

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