Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 2100 (with Mali-G78 MP14 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (Adreno 660). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review
Differences
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v11
GeekBench 6
Gaming
Specs
Comments (44)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators

CPU Performance

Single and multi-core processor tests

Exynos 2100

Snapdragon 888

Gaming Performance

GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan

Exynos 2100

Snapdragon 888

Battery life

Efficiency of battery consumption

Exynos 2100

Snapdragon 888

NanoReview Score

Overall chip score

Exynos 2100

Snapdragon 888

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Performs 69% better in floating-point computations
Shows better (up to 7%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1135K vs 1065K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

SoC:

Exynos 2100

Snapdragon 888

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios

Exynos 2100

1065369

Snapdragon 888 +7%

1135878

CPU	373598	406119
GPU	156133	233383
Memory	227441	188085
UX	308197	308291
Total score	1065369	1135878
Samples	[40 tests]	[127 tests]

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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Single-Core Score

Exynos 2100

1435

Snapdragon 888 +5%

1500

Multi-Core Score

Exynos 2100 +1%

3555

Snapdragon 888

3537

Asset compression	162 MB/sec	156.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser	104 pages/sec	86.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer	135.5 Mpixels/sec	104.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection	69.2 images/sec	72.9 images/sec
HDR	113 Mpixels/sec	104.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur	11.9 images/sec	12.1 images/sec
Photo processing	35.2 images/sec	26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing	4.67 Mpixels/sec	4.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples	25 tests	49 tests

Compute Score (GPU)

Exynos 2100 +50%

6754

Snapdragon 888

4509

Background blur	9.88 images/sec	7.75 images/sec
Face detection	5.1 images/sec	3.37 images/sec
Horizon detection	0.29 Gpixels/sec	0.22 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection	0.35 Gpixels/sec	0.28 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur	0.37 Gpixels/sec	0.32 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching	0.09 Gpixels/sec	0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching	21.5 Gpixels/sec	13.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics	1290.7 FPS	851.2 FPS
API	OpenCL	OpenCL
Samples	17 tests	19 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)

3DMark Steel Nomad Light

Exynos 2100

328

Snapdragon 888 +54%

505

Score	328	505
Stability	72%	77%
Graphics test	2 FPS	4 FPS

3DMark Wild Life Extreme

Exynos 2100 +19%

1800

Snapdragon 888

1508

Score	1800	1508
Stability	64%	91%
Graphics test	10 FPS	9 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads

PCMark 3.0

Exynos 2100 +2%

13533

Snapdragon 888

13229

Web score	13238	12232
Video editing score	7092	7638
Data manipulation score	10433	10494
Photo editing score	29658	29866
Writing score	15614	15219
Phones tested	Less than 3	11 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games

PUBG Mobile	-	83 FPS [Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile	-	60 FPS [Ultra]
Fortnite	-	26 FPS [Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends	-	89 FPS [Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz	-	112 FPS [Ultra]
Genshin Impact	-	58 FPS [Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang	-	60 FPS [Ultra]
Device	-	Asus Zenfone 8 1080 x 2400

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

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2026-09-30 (Luckyy)	AnTuTu 12	1281558
📘 2026-09-30 -> fh_hxx19	AnTuTu 12	1191592
📘 2026-09-30 -> fh_hxx19	AnTuTu 12	1191592
📘 2026-09-01 (Md. Iqbal Talukder)	AnTuTu 11	1014567
📘 2026-07-22 (Squizzyyy)	AnTuTu 11	857016

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2026-09-12 (Zha)	AnTuTu 12	976692
📘 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)	AnTuTu 12	1326171
📘 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)	AnTuTu 12	1326171
📘 2026-09-02 -> Notezit	Geekbench 6 CPU	1412 / 3348
📘 2026-08-18 (Soul)	AnTuTu 11	1210861

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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Snapdragon 888

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 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores	8	8
Frequency	2900 MHz	2840 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache	-	512 KB
L2 cache	-	1 MB
L3 cache	-	4 MB
Process	5 nanometers	5 nanometers
Transistor count	-	10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)	8 W	8 W
Manufacturing	Samsung	Samsung

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G78 MP14	Adreno 660
Architecture	Valhall 2nd gen	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	854 MHz	840 MHz
Pipelines	14	3
Shading units	32	256
Total shaders	448	768
FLOPS	765.2 Gigaflops	1290.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version	1.3	1.1
OpenCL version	2.0	2.0
DirectX version	-	12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU)	Yes	Hexagon 780
NPU theoretical performance	26 TOPS	-

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
Bus	4x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	51.2 Gb/s	51.2 Gb/s
Max size	24 GB	24 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 120FPS
Video playback	8K at 60FPS	8K at 30FPS
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	X60
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	5.2
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced	December 2020	December 2020
Class	Flagship	Flagship
Model number	S5E9840	SM8350
Official page	Samsung Exynos 2100 official site	Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site
Successor	- Samsung Exynos 2500	- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?

Exynos 2100

2761 (50.1%)

Snapdragon 888

2750 (49.9%)

Total votes: 5511

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Comments

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gatoww February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM

With the latest updates and some software adjustments, the Exynos 2100 on S21 ultra from very good results, keeping ups and high temperature under control. The main problem of Aystenos 2100 is Samsung's software that weighs it down too much (as well as 888 on S21 Ultra). By putting Samsung's native applications at bay, the device can be very fast and powerful in the game time. I would like to say that I have both versions, 888 and 2100

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999 August 16, 2026 at 02:22 AM

Samsung's software are overrated imo (i used the S22 regular)

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Help! January 22, 2025 at 05:05 PM

More pipelines vs more shading units

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Lanigiro February 8, 2021 at 08:50 AM

If exynos 2100 comes with mali G78 mc24 like kirin 9000, will snap 888 have any winnings?

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Technolgy fact February 9, 2021 at 02:38 AM

Kirin has nothing to compete. They just advertise too much but in reality, Kirin cant compete with SD, Apple and Exynos!

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Burhan Khan May 22, 2021 at 09:48 AM

Technolgy fact, Lol 😂😂😂 Kirin always launches latest technologies earlier than all other chip maker's.Like Kirin was the first chip maker to launch 5nm process and also Kirin 9000 launched months earlier than a14 ,sd 888 and Exynos 2100

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Mashqoor zadran July 6, 2021 at 07:03 AM

If exynos 2100 comes with Mali G78 mp14 Your forgetting that sd 888 will also come adreno 660 which will crush every other gpu

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NkBoss September 7, 2021 at 02:25 PM

Mashqoor zadran, Snapdragon 888 is alredy with aderno 660

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Amo January 19, 2022 at 11:55 AM

If Exynos 2100 comes with mali G78 mc24 THE PHONE WILL EXPLODE due to VOLCANO temperature AND SAMSUNG KNOWS THAT.

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Adwaith October 8, 2023 at 04:25 PM

Technolgy fact, I have been using Honor Play for almost 5 years. It's still really smooth and doesn't lag while gaming. It has Kirin 970 which I think is 🔥 still runs Pubg in Smooth + Extreme graphics.

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Guest April 17, 2024 at 05:38 AM

Mashqoor zadran, Google Tensor G1, when combined with Mali G78 MP20, crushed the Qualcomm Snap 888, it scored 21% more points in the 3D Mark graphics test

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me June 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM

Burhan Khan, Chinese ahh comment 💀

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S.Katsuragi February 3, 2021 at 04:32 AM

Absolutely Snapdragon has better GPU performance as always, even if benchmarks show slightly worse score but, this time 888 seems a little hot in daily useage and base on that it didn't give me a good impression on first glance. So any report about Exynos thermal performance？If 2100 shows better cooling I guess that's more significant instead of little graphics gap.

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Unknown February 4, 2021 at 09:49 PM

Oh no I just downloaded fortnite on my s21 and my phone was so hot during the download. Same when I played call of duty except it wasn't as hot.

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S.Katsuragi February 5, 2021 at 01:40 PM

Unknown , All 5nm r failed? (but Exynos 1080 seems play nice without overheating ((. btw thanks for ur report, helpful. I should reconsider for these 2 chips.

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Wews April 19, 2021 at 04:10 AM

S.Katsuragi, And snapdragon 780g too.

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Gaurav July 12, 2023 at 07:07 PM

Anyone Tried with BGMI ?

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Purger January 24, 2021 at 07:52 PM

Like almost every year I like the Samsung phone the most, but then I don't buy it, as I didn't for many years because I won't allow myself to pay more for many inferior versions of the same product. As long as I see the name Exynos it is instant boycott from me.

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UbixQ May 29, 2021 at 02:21 AM

What about when Exynos was better. no. what if Exynos will be better. still wont buy?

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DoYouHaveSomeWater August 8, 2021 at 08:26 AM

You do realise your comment screams blind-hate right? Goddamn

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Anonymous December 7, 2021 at 08:42 PM

UbixQ, It's just the GPU at that point. You can have a slower Snapdragon GPU that will get more FPS in games than a faster Mali GPU because of optimization.

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Samsung January 22, 2021 at 07:18 PM

Exynos is better in cpu performance than snapdragon but snapdragon is a little better in gpu performance.

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King January 24, 2021 at 10:16 AM

Lol ... Even Snapdragon 865 GPU Adreno 650 is 6 percent better than exynos 2100 GPU ... Adreno 660 in SD 888 is 35 Percent better than 865 Plus GPU and 3 percent better than A14 bionic GPU ...

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Samsung January 24, 2021 at 01:00 PM

King, No. snapdragon 888 's gpu is a little better then exynos 2100. but exynos 2100 's cpu performance is better then sd 888.

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Fadi February 8, 2021 at 02:43 PM

Samsung, No bro check again, SD888 you is far better than E2100 gpu plus E2100 gets hot faster so it performance decrease alot, E2100 Is little better than SD888, the cpu gap is very small compared to the gpu gap between both chips, so yeah snapdragon wins this year, hard luck for exynos.

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Hiiii February 24, 2021 at 08:07 AM

Fadi, A14 is stronger than both of them. And talking about exynos they want just profit and they don't care how their products works. SD888 is better than e2100 and better quality is on A,SD and Kirin. I for samsung quality will say its like MT dimensity series

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Accept the truth September 19, 2022 at 02:16 PM

Hiiii, Well just want profit sounds very apple of you 😂. Yes, Sd 888 is better. It's better than A14 in GPU and in real life as well it plays games better due to better gpu! Exynos 2100 is not great in comparison to Sd888, I agree. I am a Samsung fan and just want Samsung to switch to sd at least for their higher-end devices. But if you are not a heavy gamer, it's just fine. The other stuff on the phone is great. There are a lot of options available for gamers, go for that instead. There are phones with Sd888 with a better camera than Samsung's non ultra version. But with the Ultra version, Samsung just kills as an all-rounder.

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SkellyTechs April 5, 2024 at 04:32 PM

King, No, it's not. The GPU on the Exynos 2100 can score above 7000 in the 3D Mark Wildlife test, while Snapdragon 888 phones barely reach 5500.

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Branch January 15, 2021 at 08:21 PM

Seems like the Exynos is a tiny bit better in CPU but Snapdragon has a bigger gap with its GPU advantage. Either way, they're so closely matched that nobody using them will be able to tell the difference. The only thing that will matter between them now is battery life, and as far as I can tell there's no real-world tests yet - just speculation.

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lol January 16, 2021 at 06:01 AM

I'm more concerned about ISP differences

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WGACA January 16, 2021 at 10:38 PM

lol, Exynos has 4 channel ISP, SD 3, so theoretically the Exynos should produce better photos

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anonymous January 15, 2021 at 02:20 PM

this website gives wrong results always

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root January 15, 2021 at 02:25 PM

You are not objective. If you find any mistake or wrong result - tell us, we will correct them as soon as possible.

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Erske January 17, 2021 at 01:35 AM

Root, I want to see dates and times of when these comparisons are updated. I visited this webpage just a few days ago and I am quite certain that some numbers have been changed since then.

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root January 17, 2021 at 09:34 AM

Erske, Yes, we update info when we have new one. Also the site is still in beta and we will add edit time later.

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Meraj January 21, 2021 at 09:42 AM

Root, yes you're wrong, how can (dimensity1200) with core frequency3GHrz be worse than ( snapdragon ) with core frequency 2/84 GHrz in test ( single core)?

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Knowledgeable January 27, 2021 at 09:47 AM

Meraj, It is not all about core frequency, the instructions per clock is lower on the dimensity 1200 cuz it uses cores made for 7 nm but fabricated in 5nm. While sd 888 and exynos 2100 uses true 5nm cores

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User January 15, 2021 at 02:09 PM

I still don't think the exynos 2100 has been properly tested yet. These are basically the same chipset with different gpu's and it seems like snapdragon 888 heats up more than exynos 2100 so it doesnt make much sense that battery is supposedly better in the snapdragon 888

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SSR January 17, 2021 at 08:26 AM

That is what I have heard. But I don't know if those results were thorough or tested with single iteration or multiple. Also, another thing is if the background apps were cleared and both phones were in ideal situation or not. Ambient temperature was constant though. There are lot of questions. Let's see. But, the good thing is that Exynos 2100 is now almost identical to the SD counterpart. Therefore, people should not feel bad.

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Mate January 2, 2021 at 11:54 PM

Have the FINAL benchmark and real-life usage test results for the exynos 2100 been released? If not, we should wait for these to come out befpre we compare them. And how tf do you know the battery life and gaming performance of this chipset?

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guest_946 December 27, 2020 at 06:24 AM

the Samsung has always beaten by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips although we should wait until 2021 Jan we can see me 11 beating S 21 S21 plus, S 21 and S 21 plus cost like acid in their brain we should wait.

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Guest User #433 January 5, 2021 at 10:07 PM

Exynos hasn't actually beaten snapdragon since s8 (although exynos 8895 performed the same in real-life as the snapdragon 835) exynos 9810 and 9820 performed slightly worse than the snapdragon variants but the exynos 990 performed worse in relation the snapdragon 865 and 865+ than previous generations although I have seen people say the exynos performed essentially on par with the snapdragon

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Walis January 17, 2021 at 01:18 PM

Guest User #433, I owned the s8 on exynos, it was horrible, I would need to run my phone under the tap after a game of pubg , at smooth high settings which is pretty basic , it didn't even support smooth extreme which is like a minimum requirement to play the game. The Snapdragon variant of the s8 was so much better , I have tested it against one of my American friends . His phone still runs perfectly fine, he has no issues with pubg compared to me . Exynos has always been worse since the s8 was released , I really hope Samsung got the performance as good as the Snapdragon in terms of GPU and and efficiency because those are where it's always lacked .

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Snapdragon gorilla June 7, 2024 at 06:10 PM

Walis, Imagine crying about a phone that launched in 2017, not supporting high-graphics gameplay. LOL! Tell me you're stupid without telling me you're stupid.

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