Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs Samsung Exynos 2500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 8s Gen 3
1481667
Samsung Exynos 2500
2213797
CPU381423500921
GPU509135928912
Memory338352410202
UX252757373762
NanoReview Score14816672213797
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Samsung Exynos 2500
n/a
Graphics Test67 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
File Compression228.2 MB/s386.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s234.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec272.4 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s36.6 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s86.3 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s246.4 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec313.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec13 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 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 TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 10
Frequency 3000 3300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 7.5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Samsung Xclipse 950
Architecture Adreno 700 RDNA 3.5
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 3 8
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 S5E9955

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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6 (60%)
4 (40%)
Total Votes: 10

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