Exynos 1380 vs Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1380 (with Mali-G68 MP5 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 (Adreno 619). 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 1380
  • Supports 51% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 17 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 24%) AnTuTu 11 score – 767K vs 617K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
  • Performs 52% better in floating-point computations

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
767711
CPU 320484 256848
GPU 91141 60984
Memory 113558 129362
UX 242528 170432
Total score 767711 617626
Samples [113 tests] [31 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 146.7 MB/sec 113.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 64.4 pages/sec 56.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 109.8 Mpixels/sec 80.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 53.7 images/sec 43.3 images/sec
HDR 95.9 Mpixels/sec 73 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.4 images/sec 6.33 images/sec
Photo processing 27.2 images/sec 20 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.23 Mpixels/sec 3.33 Mpixels/sec
Samples 56 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.46 images/sec 2.85 images/sec
Face detection 2.17 images/sec 1.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.21 Gpixels/sec 4.63 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 538 FPS 260.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 35 tests 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 279 -
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 808 -
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 4 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
12792
Web score 10597 14003
Video editing score 7345 4563
Data manipulation score 10909 9260
Photo editing score 25069 24716
Writing score 16185 14763
Phones tested 8 models 5 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1380
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 -> Danielfikri98_AnTuTu 12843108
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Subzero)AnTuTu 12919003
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (twisee)AnTuTu 11793564
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Saveloy)AnTuTu 12717743
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Ankit)AnTuTu 12843613
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Nikita)AnTuTu 12751866
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Julianpowke)AnTuTu 11597734
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-26 (Gigi)AnTuTu 11591791
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-26 (Sam)AnTuTu 11586585
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (Aditya)AnTuTu 11624333

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1380 and Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MP5 Adreno 619
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Adreno 600
GPU frequency 949 MHz 900 MHz
Pipelines 5 2
Shading units 32 128
Total shaders 160 256
FLOPS 303.7 Gigaflops 460.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

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

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 3790 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 1500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced February 2023 June 2024
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number S5E8835 SM6375-AC
Official page Samsung Exynos 1380 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 1580 -

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