Exynos 1080 vs Snapdragon 860
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1080 (with Mali-G78 MP10 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (Adreno 640). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1080
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 860
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Announced 1-year and 8-months later
- Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.13 GB/s)
- Higher GPU frequency (~19%)
- Shows better (up to 24%) AnTuTu 9 score – 701K vs 566K
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2800 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 181167 | 143543 |
| GPU | 256274 | 205043 |
| Memory | 125393 | 97219 |
| UX | 141818 | 122577 |
| Total score | 701650 | 566954 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 135.1 Mpixels/s | 142.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 30 images/s | 19.9 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 53.1 words/s | 45.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 51.7 images/s | 44.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 26.5 images/s | 22.6 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 3.53 Mnodes/s | 1.67 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 875.8 Krows/s | 774 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 20 FPS |
| Score | - | 3456 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 54 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 26 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 98 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro 1080 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1080 and Snapdragon 860CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.7 billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP10 | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 10 | 2 |
| Shading units | 160 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 1024 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Processor | Hexagon 690 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7350 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 1240 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | November 2020 | April 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9815 | SM8150-AC |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 1080 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site |
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