Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Exynos 850
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Exynos 850 SoCs by Qualcomm and Samsung 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 19.51% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 850 (980 vs 820 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 125.08% higher memory frequency than Exynos 850 (4200 vs 1866 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 850 (4 vs 8 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 871.50% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 850 (1,277 K vs 131 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 850.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Support 733.33% higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 850 (2500 vs 300 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 270867 | 47291 |
GPU | 567801 | 21386 |
Memory | 239879 | 40704 |
UX | 198202 | 22040 |
Total score | 1276749 | 131421 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 251.3 Mpixels/s | 74.3 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 46.2 images/s | 10.4 images/s |
Speech recognition | 122.9 words/s | 16.7 words/s |
Machine learning | 114.1 images/s | 12.4 images/s |
Camera shooting | 51.7 images/s | 5.29 images/s |
HTML 5 | 5.81 Mnodes/s | 1.38 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 1510 Mnodes/s | 356.2 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
100%
SD 8 Gen 24%
Exynos 850Score: 12967
Stability | - | 98% |
Graphics test | 81 FPS | 3 FPS |
Score | 12967 | 505 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Samsung Exynos 850Display
Max On-Device Display | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | Full HD+ |
Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
HDR | HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 | - |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | - |
CPU
85%
SD 8 Gen 20%
Exynos 850
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | - |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
Process | 4 nm | 8 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | 10 W | 3 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 740 | Mali-G52 MP1 |
Architecture | Adreno 700 | Bifrost |
GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 820 MHz |
Execution units | - | 6 |
Shading units | - | 96 |
FLOPS | - | 126 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 1866 MHz |
Bus | 4 x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | - | - |
Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | No |
Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | eMMC 5.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1 x 200 MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | Snapdragon X70 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
Announced Date | November 2022 | May 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Low end |
Model number | SM8550-AB | S5E3830 |
Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | Exynos 850 official site |