Exynos 1330 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1330 (with Mali-G68 MP2 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (Adreno 710). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1330
  • Higher GPU frequency (~40%)
  • Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 22 GB/s)
  • 9% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2200 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • Performs 2.8x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 21%) AnTuTu 11 score – 737K vs 607K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
607489
737054
CPU 274218 306912
GPU 42656 74254
Memory 107262 161784
UX 183353 194104
Total score 607489 737054
Samples [25 tests] [70 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 107 MB/sec 139.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 59.9 pages/sec 65.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 65.3 Mpixels/sec 99.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 41 images/sec 53.2 images/sec
HDR 57.2 Mpixels/sec 88.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 6.33 images/sec 9.21 images/sec
Photo processing 10.6 images/sec 25.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.43 Mpixels/sec 4.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples 10 tests 20 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 1.94 images/sec 2.77 images/sec
Face detection 0.95 images/sec 1.45 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 3.73 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 221.7 FPS 227.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 3 tests 15 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 139 200
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 1 FPS 1 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 364 -
Stability 97% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10836 11087
Video editing score 6753 6838
Data manipulation score 9036 8252
Photo editing score 20957 30771
Writing score 16436 12967
Phones tested 3 models 10 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1330
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (IhaveName)AnTuTu 12341823
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (ACIMASIZ)AnTuTu 12706733
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Đỗ Đông Điền)AnTuTu 11632633
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Tom Pearl)AnTuTu 12754245
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Điền)AnTuTu 11516874
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Π˜Π³Π½Π°Ρ‚)AnTuTu 12705599
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Luca.AnTuTu 12912506
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Luca)AnTuTu 12912506
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (XYRO)AnTuTu 12782767
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (Mohamed Hazem)AnTuTu 12932808

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1330 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 7 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MP2 Adreno 710
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Adreno 700
GPU frequency 949 MHz 676 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 32 128
Total shaders 64 256
FLOPS 121.5 Gigaflops 346.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
NPU theoretical performance 4.9 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 22 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Snapdragon X62
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2550 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced February 2023 September 2022
Class Low end Mid range
Model number S5E8535 SM6450
Official page Samsung Exynos 1330 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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