Exynos 2400 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2400 (Samsung Xclipse 940) with the newer 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830) SoC. 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2400
- Has 2 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
- Shows significantly better (up to 53%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3126K vs 2046K
- 35% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 3210 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- Supports 24% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 698933 | 893474 |
| GPU | 637772 | 1133808 |
| Memory | 301201 | 427210 |
| UX | 408529 | 671910 |
| Total score | 2046435 | 3126402 |
| Samples | [93 tests] | [541 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 285.5 MB/sec | 367.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 167.2 pages/sec | 223.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 165.6 Mpixels/sec | 257 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 168.2 images/sec | 234.4 images/sec |
| HDR | 207.3 Mpixels/sec | 315.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 25.3 images/sec | 32.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 63.9 images/sec | 90.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.73 Mpixels/sec | 12.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 38 tests | 148 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 28.2 images/sec | 45.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15 images/sec | 21.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.6 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.51 Gpixels/sec | 0.91 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.75 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | 0.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 77.8 Gpixels/sec | 96.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 2872.5 FPS | 3848 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 29 tests | 100 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1769 | 2386 |
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 18 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 8302 | 10874 |
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | 41 FPS |
| Section 1 | 37 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 41 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 35 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 3812 | 5664 |
| Stability | 57% | 51% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 33 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16695 | 21945 |
| Video editing score | 8032 | 8458 |
| Data manipulation score | 14884 | 16086 |
| Photo editing score | 35055 | 39118 |
| Writing score | 21619 | 22647 |
| Phones tested | 3 models | 36 models |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2400
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (Rakson) | AnTuTu 12 | 2303953 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Halil) | AnTuTu 12 | 2426875 |
| π 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr) | AnTuTu 12 | 2245977 |
| π 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22 | AnTuTu 12 | 2321618 |
| π 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833 | AnTuTu 12 | 2388378 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-29 (VortexGen) | AnTuTu 12 | 3414404 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Projeto_11) | AnTuTu 12 | 3618549 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Chris.D) | AnTuTu 12 | 3940532 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Yunon) | AnTuTu 12 | 3325373 |
| π 2026-09-28 (PenPen) | AnTuTu 12 | 3242949 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2400 and Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.21 GHz β Cortex-X4 2x 2.9 GHz β Cortex-A720 3x 2.6 GHz β Cortex-A720 4x 1.95 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 4.32 GHz β Oryon (Phoenix L) 6x 3.53 GHz β Oryon (Phoenix M) |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3210 MHz | 4320 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 940 | Adreno 830 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 1095 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 3406.8 Gigaflops | 3379.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s | 84.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | January 2024 | October 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9945 | SM8750-AB |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2400 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 2500 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
- The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequencyβ4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB modelsβand its GPU is 100 MHz faster.
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