Overview - Exynos 850 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 850 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoCs by Samsung and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Exynos 850 7
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 58
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Exynos 850 4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 50
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Exynos 850 71
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Exynos 850 27
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 65
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Exynos 850 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 47291 374214
GPU 21386 516258
Memory 40704 344248
UX 22040 259884
Total score 131421 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 34.15% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 850 (1100 vs 820 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 125.08% higher memory frequency than Exynos 850 (4200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 850 (4 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 1,037.26% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 850 (1,495 K vs 131 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 850.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Exynos 850 150
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Exynos 850 937
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

Image compression

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Exynos 850 74.3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Face detection

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Exynos 850 10.4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Speech recognition

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Exynos 850 16.7
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Machine learning

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Exynos 850 12.4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Camera shooting

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Exynos 850 5.29
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

HTML 5

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Exynos 850 1.38
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

SQLite

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Exynos 850 356.2
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 3 FPS
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 8 MB
  • Process 8 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 3 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G52 MP1 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Bifrost Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 820 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 6 2
  • Shading units 96 768
  • FLOPS 126 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 1866 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 6500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 300 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Samsung Exynos 850

CPU
7%
GPU
4%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

CPU
58%
GPU
50%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Exynos 850 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 34.15% higher GPU clock speed (1100 MHz vs 820 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Exynos 850 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 125.08% higher memory frequency (4200 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Exynos 850 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 50% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 8 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Exynos 850 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 1,037.26% better score (1494604 vs 131421).