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Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 865

Exynos 2100
VS
Snapdragon 865
Exynos 2100
Snapdragon 865

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 2100 (with Mali-G78 MP14 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (5)

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 2100
  • Higher GPU frequency (~45%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
  • Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1065K vs 978K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
  • Performs 18% better in floating-point computations

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Exynos 2100
vs
Snapdragon 865

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Exynos 2100 +9%
1065369
Snapdragon 865
978910
CPU 373598 385127
GPU 156133 148169
Memory 227441 166070
UX 308197 279544
Total score 1065369 978910
Samples [40 tests] [104 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Exynos 2100 +23%
1435
Snapdragon 865
1169
Multi-Core Score
Exynos 2100 +11%
3555
Snapdragon 865
3191
Asset compression 162 MB/sec 149.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 135.5 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 69.2 images/sec 77 images/sec
HDR 113 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.9 images/sec 11 images/sec
Photo processing 35.2 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.67 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 25 tests 52 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Exynos 2100 +63%
6754
Snapdragon 865
4131
Background blur 9.88 images/sec 4.53 images/sec
Face detection 5.1 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.29 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.37 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 21.5 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1290.7 FPS 567.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 17 tests 34 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 328 -
Stability 72% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Exynos 2100 +62%
1800
Snapdragon 865
1110
Score 1800 1110
Stability 64% 99%
Graphics test 10 FPS 6 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Exynos 2100 +16%
13533
Snapdragon 865
11621
Web score 13238 9557
Video editing score 7092 5874
Data manipulation score 10433 8658
Photo editing score 29658 29642
Writing score 15614 14782
Phones tested Less than 3 14 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 61 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 30 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2100
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Luckyy)AnTuTu 121281558
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 -> fh_hxx19AnTuTu 121191592
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 -> fh_hxx19AnTuTu 121191592
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Md. Iqbal Talukder)AnTuTu 111014567
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (Squizzyyy)AnTuTu 11857016
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigante Supremo)AnTuTu 121111940
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (MAPKIS)AnTuTu 121102560
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (the kroco's)AnTuTu 121088974
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (mptech)AnTuTu 11995050
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (mptech)AnTuTu 11973656
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Snapdragon 865

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55		 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2900 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP14 Adreno 650
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Adreno 600
GPU frequency 854 MHz 587 MHz
Pipelines 14 3
Shading units 32 256
Total shaders 448 768
FLOPS 765.2 Gigaflops 901.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 698
NPU theoretical performance 26 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5300 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7350 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2020 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9840 SM8250-AB
Official page Samsung Exynos 2100 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Comments

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MrNiceGuy January 27, 2021 at 10:58 PM
On the geekbench webpage it seems that exynos2100 almost always scores lower than what is presented here. Why is that? πŸ€”
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root January 28, 2021 at 10:26 AM
We use last 100 results from GB + our test. Also it worth mention that S21 Ultra has higher score for some reason (even though S21 has same SoC).
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MrNiceGuy February 5, 2021 at 03:10 PM
Root, I am not willing to believe you. The average multicore result from the last 100 results on the geekbench webpage is not 3571 (as of the 5th februari 2021). It is lower around the 3200 ~ 3300 mark. Please be more transparent with your analysis and presentation of the results.
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root February 5, 2021 at 03:29 PM
MrNiceGuy, It's your decision. We are not sell anything to mislead people. I will look into the data if any mistake happened, but i doubt it. Also: 1. ~ 3300 and 3571 pretty close 2. Our sample of S21 Ultra scores 3613 points. 3. We use median, not average for preventing "spammy" results affect datasets. We will think about publishing whitepaper and how we test and collect data, but it may occur in the future. Thanks.
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Kok March 10, 2021 at 02:52 PM
My S21 Ultra managed to get multi core 3800+, even though it didn't match the target I wanted.
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