Samsung Exynos 7870 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 7870, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 7870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
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
Samsung Exynos 7870
144731
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
136304
CPU5296249828
GPU871618186
Memory4006942347
UX4298425943
NanoReview Score144731136304
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 7870
172
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
168
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 7870
492
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
762
File Compression28.1 MB/s48.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser15.9 pages/s23.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering20.3 MP/sec36.5 MP/sec
Background Blur0.57 frames/s0.91 frames/s
Photo Processing4.16 frames/s5.11 frames/s
Image Detection5.6 frames/s9.42 frames/s
HDR15 MP/sec25.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing785.2 MP/sec1.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture 8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 1600 1800
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor count 2 billion 2 billion
Power (TDP) 3 W 3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-T830 MP1 Adreno 506
Architecture Midgard 4th gen Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 700 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 1 1
Shader Units 16 48
Total shader 16 48
FLOPS 22.4 GFLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.0
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
DirectX n/a 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Hexagon 546

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 1x32 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth n/a 7.46 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels 1920x1200 pixels
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Shannon 315 X9
4G Support LTE Cat. 6 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 50 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 4.1 4.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced February, 2016 yr June, 2017 yr
Class Low end Low end
Codename n/a SDM450

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