Exynos 8895 vs Snapdragon 820
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 8895 (Mali-G71 MP20) with the older 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (Adreno 530) 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 8895
- Has 4 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 14 nm)
- Shows better (up to 31%) AnTuTu 11 score β 435K vs 333K
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (2314 vs 2150 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~7%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 179410 | 131994 |
| GPU | 79605 | 36166 |
| Memory | 110545 | 63256 |
| UX | 66292 | 102461 |
| Total score | 435852 | 333877 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 79.3 MB/sec | 28.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 43.9 pages/sec | 19.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 50.9 Mpixels/sec | 28 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 14.7 images/sec | 6.36 images/sec |
| HDR | 51.8 Mpixels/sec | 25.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 2.74 images/sec | 1.39 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 11.8 images/sec | 6.33 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.23 Mpixels/sec | 789.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 9 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 7.22 images/sec | 1.58 images/sec |
| Face detection | 4.13 images/sec | 0.86 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.21 Gpixels/sec | 0.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.17 Gpixels/sec | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 17 Gpixels/sec | 4.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 628.1 FPS | 81.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Samples | 3 tests | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 4378 |
| Video editing score | - | 5152 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 4144 |
| Photo editing score | - | 11831 |
| Writing score | - | 5024 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 8895
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-03 (leo) | AnTuTu 11 | 421047 |
| π 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhuc | Geekbench 6 CPU | 419 / 1445 |
| π 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhuc | Geekbench 6 GPU | 1800 |
| π 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhuc | Geekbench 6 CPU | 378 / 642 |
| π 2026-05-22 -> TranHongPhuc | AnTuTu 11 | 399314 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2024-01-05 (Saber) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 356 / 615 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 8895 and Snapdragon 820CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.314 GHz β Exynos M2 4x 1.69 GHz β Cortex-A53 |
2x 2.15 GHz β Kryo 2x 1.593 GHz β Kryo |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2314 MHz | 2150 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 11 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G71 MP20 | Adreno 530 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 1st gen | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 546 MHz | 510 MHz |
| Pipelines | 20 | 1 |
| Shading units | 12 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 240 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 262.1 Gigaflops | 261.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 11 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Hexagon 680 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 28.7 Gb/s | 29.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 |
| Audio codecs | - 192 kHz/24 bit | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Shannon 355 | X12 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 16 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 600 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 | February 2017 | November 2015 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E8895 | MSM8996 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 8895 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 2500 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
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