Exynos 850 vs Snapdragon 450
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 850 (with Mali-G52 MP1 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (Adreno 506). 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 Samsung Exynos 850
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 14 nm)
- Announced 2-years and 11-months later
- Shows significantly better (up to 48%) AnTuTu 9 score – 147K vs 99K
- Higher GPU frequency (~26%)
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1800 MHz)
We may receive a commission from Amazon for purchases made using the links below.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 43711 | 32360 |
| GPU | 25482 | 14012 |
| Memory | 34971 | 22396 |
| UX | 41612 | 30761 |
| Total score | 147208 | 99802 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 74.3 Mpixels/s | 68.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 10.4 images/s | 9.02 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 16.7 words/s | 19.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 12.4 images/s | 11.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 5.29 images/s | 5.27 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.38 Mnodes/s | 1.32 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 356.2 Krows/s | 279 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Score | 507 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 850 and Snapdragon 450CPU
| Architecture | 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 | 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Instruction set | - | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 2 billion |
| TDP | 7 W | 3 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G52 MP1 | Adreno 506 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 820 MHz | 600-650 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 1 |
| Shading units | 96 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 126 Gigaflops | 124 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 11.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 7.46 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Hexagon 546 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X9 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | May 2020 | June 2017 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | S5E3830 | SDM450 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 850 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site |
Cast your vote
Total votes: 1154