Exynos 2400e vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2400e (Samsung Xclipse 940) with the newer 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (Adreno 825) SoC. 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 2400e
  • Performs 45% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
  • Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2314K vs 1977K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
  • Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1977269
2314417
CPU 675682 645495
GPU 670589 809405
Memory 229976 372805
UX 401022 486712
Total score 1977269 2314417
Samples [56 tests] [457 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 270.2 MB/sec 293.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 202.5 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 196.6 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 150.7 images/sec 152.7 images/sec
HDR 200.6 Mpixels/sec 216.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 23.6 images/sec 23.4 images/sec
Photo processing 59.3 images/sec 55.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.7 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 24 tests 50 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 27.9 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Face detection 16.6 images/sec 16.8 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.69 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.74 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.66 Gpixels/sec 1.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 50.5 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2483.5 FPS 2750.3 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 21 tests 35 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1769 1688
Stability 70% 83%
Graphics test 13 FPS 13 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 7699 7641
Graphics test 29 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 28 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 24 FPS 25 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 3705
Graphics test - 22 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15997 15597
Video editing score 8031 7750
Data manipulation score 12347 13734
Photo editing score 33878 26988
Writing score 19836 17764
Phones tested Less than 3 8 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2400e
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Vishnu)AnTuTu 122276561
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle81%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShAnTuTu 122134029
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle0%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShGeekbench 6 CPU2014 / 6373
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Av23)AnTuTu 122484373
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (F)Geekbench 7 GPU11776
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (F)Geekbench 7 CPU1803 / 6518
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-08 (Jk)AnTuTu 122384830
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Илья)AnTuTu 122410797

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2400e and Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.11 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 3110 MHz 3210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 940 Adreno 825
Architecture RDNA 3 Adreno 800
GPU frequency 1095 MHz 1150 MHz
Pipelines 6 2
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS 3406.8 Gigaflops 2355.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5400 Snapdragon X75
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 9640 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 2550 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2024 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - SM8735
Official page - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site

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