Exynos 8895 vs Snapdragon 720G

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 8895 (with Mali-G71 MP20 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

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 8895
  • Supports 93% higher memory bandwidth (28.7 against 14.9 GB/s)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
  • Performs 47% better in floating-point computations
  • Higher GPU frequency (~37%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 19%) AnTuTu 11 score – 517K vs 435K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
435852
517460
CPU 179410 218272
GPU 79605 50078
Memory 110545 103903
UX 66292 145207
Total score 435852 517460
Samples [16 tests] [52 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
1762
Asset compression 79.3 MB/sec 94.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 43.9 pages/sec 45.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 50.9 Mpixels/sec 62.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 14.7 images/sec 33.9 images/sec
HDR 51.8 Mpixels/sec 55.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 2.74 images/sec 5.39 images/sec
Photo processing 11.8 images/sec 15.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.23 Mpixels/sec 2.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 9 tests 21 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
1827
Background blur 7.22 images/sec 1.88 images/sec
Face detection 4.13 images/sec 0.78 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 17 Gpixels/sec 3.86 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 628.1 FPS 217.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 3 tests 19 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 314
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 8030
Video editing score - 6295
Data manipulation score - 7577
Photo editing score - 18039
Writing score - 9464
Phones tested - 6 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
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.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 8895
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (leo)AnTuTu 11421047
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhucGeekbench 6 CPU419 / 1445
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhucGeekbench 6 GPU1800
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhucGeekbench 6 CPU378 / 642
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhucAnTuTu 11399314
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (masnung08)AnTuTu 12599693
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Aether2005)AnTuTu 11563764
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Joe_cool)AnTuTu 11504036
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-27 (Makasin0)AnTuTu 11624334
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (DarkELITECustom.PH)Geekbench 6 CPU751 / 1835

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 8895 and Snapdragon 720G

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.314 GHz – Exynos M2
4x 1.69 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 2314 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 2 MB -
Process 10 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count 3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G71 MP20 Adreno 618
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU frequency 546 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 20 2
Shading units 12 128
Total shaders 240 256
FLOPS 262.1 Gigaflops 384 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon 692
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1800 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 28.7 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 28MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - 192 kHz/24 bit - 384 kHz/32 bit

Connectivity

Modem Shannon 355 X15
4G support LTE Cat. 16 LTE Cat. 15
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 1000 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 2017 January 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number S5E8895 SM7125
Official page Samsung Exynos 8895 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 -

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