Exynos 7904 vs Snapdragon 720G
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 7904 (with Mali-G71 MP2 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (Adreno 618). 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
- Performs 6.7x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.8x) AnTuTu 9 score – 337K vs 119K
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Exynos
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 14 nm)
- 28% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 1800 MHz)
- Announced later
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 44414 | 105893 |
| GPU | 10448 | 86694 |
| Memory | 19085 | 55906 |
| UX | 46657 | 89635 |
| Total score | 119746 | 337489 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 58.3 Mpixels/s | 108.75 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 8.23 images/s | 15.55 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 19.65 words/s | 27.15 words/s |
| Machine learning | 13.6 images/s | 25.5 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 6.64 images/s | 16.15 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.18 Mnodes/s | 2.18 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 311.15 Krows/s | 561.5 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 407 | 1029 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 43 FPS [High] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 40 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 28 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 34 FPS [Medium] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 30 FPS [High] |
| Device | - | Realme 7 Pro 1080 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 7904 and Snapdragon 720GCPU
| Architecture | 2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G71 MP2 | Adreno 618 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 770 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 32 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 65 Gigaflops | 435 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | - | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 13.91 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2400 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 384 kHz/32 bit |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X15 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 15 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | February 2019 | January 2020 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E7904 | SM7125 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 7904 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site |
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