Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 2100 (with Mali-G78 MP14 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (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

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
  • Performs 69% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 13%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1208K vs 1065K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1065369
1208784
CPU 373598 427402
GPU 156133 237850
Memory 227441 183144
UX 308197 360388
Total score 1065369 1208784
Samples [40 tests] [5 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 162 MB/sec 168.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104 pages/sec 108.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 135.5 Mpixels/sec 136.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 69.2 images/sec 89.6 images/sec
HDR 113 Mpixels/sec 124 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.9 images/sec 14.4 images/sec
Photo processing 35.2 images/sec 34.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.67 Mpixels/sec 4.61 Mpixels/sec
Samples 25 tests 3 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 9.88 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Face detection 5.1 images/sec 5.76 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.29 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.46 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.37 Gpixels/sec 0.38 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 21.5 Gpixels/sec 6.49 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1290.7 FPS 552.5 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 17 tests 2 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
Score 1800 1252
Stability 64% 97%
Graphics test 10 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13238 10869
Video editing score 7092 7477
Data manipulation score 10433 10013
Photo editing score 29658 27933
Writing score 15614 14232
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2100
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Md. Iqbal Talukder)AnTuTu1014567
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (Squizzyyy)AnTuTu857016
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (TechNova0627)GeekBench CPU1446 / 3772
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (TechNova0627)AnTuTu1115971
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (Luckyy)AnTuTu1086158
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu1208784
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu1200817
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu1156304
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu1235608
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek)GeekBench GPU5117

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Snapdragon 888 Plus

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.995 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 2995 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 June 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9840 SM8350-AC
Official page Samsung Exynos 2100 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 -

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