Samsung Exynos 9820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 9820, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 9820 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 9820
624243
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU170665367514
GPU197730596874
Memory127795300073
UX128053297159
NanoReview Score6242431561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 9820
3177
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test19 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 9820
741
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 9820
2317
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression100.3 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser67.6 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering68.2 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur6.22 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing21.2 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection46.2 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR78.3 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.01 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.73 (Mongoose M4)
- 2/2.31 (Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.95 (Cortex-A55)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2730 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 8.5 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP12 Adreno 740
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 702 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 12 3
Shader Units 24 512
Total shader 288 1536
FLOPS 404.4 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2400 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5100 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 316 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2018 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename S5E9820 SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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