Exynos 2400 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2400 (Samsung Xclipse 940) with the newer 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (Adreno 735) SoC. 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 2400
  • Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (3210 vs 3000 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2046K vs 1797K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
2046435
CPU 698933 556525
GPU 637772 503679
Memory 301201 307418
UX 408529 430199
Total score 2046435 1797821
Samples [93 tests] [287 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 285.5 MB/sec 219.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 167.2 pages/sec 156.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 165.6 Mpixels/sec 167.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 168.2 images/sec 113.3 images/sec
HDR 207.3 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 25.3 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Photo processing 63.9 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.73 Mpixels/sec 6.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 38 tests 64 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 28.2 images/sec 13.6 images/sec
Face detection 15 images/sec 6.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.6 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.51 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.84 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 77.8 Gpixels/sec 26.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2872.5 FPS 1701.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 29 tests 40 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1769 1033
Stability 67% 90%
Graphics test 13 FPS 8 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 8302 4992
Graphics test 32 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 16 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3812 3116
Stability 57% 82%
Graphics test 22 FPS 18 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
17172
Web score 16695 14506
Video editing score 8032 7662
Data manipulation score 14884 15136
Photo editing score 35055 27100
Writing score 21619 19378
Phones tested 3 models 14 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22AnTuTu 122321618
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833AnTuTu 122388378
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (Neto)AnTuTu 112303141
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 -> JamesPatrickAnTuTu 112027080
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-08 (Ajr)AnTuTu 112027080
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9CPU Throttle92%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9Geekbench 6 CPU1952 / 5317
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9AnTuTu 111950942
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9)Geekbench 6 CPU1960 / 5182
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (Jikorei Miruko)AnTuTu 121988803

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2400 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 3210 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 7.5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 940 Adreno 735
Architecture RDNA 3 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1095 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 6 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 3406.8 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 X70 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 12100 Mbps Up to 6500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2024 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9945 SM8635
Official page Samsung Exynos 2400 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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