Exynos 9609 vs Snapdragon 855
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9609 (with Mali-G72 MP3 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (Adreno 640). 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 9609
- Higher GPU frequency (~45%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
- Performs 3.5x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 187% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 11.9 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.4x) AnTuTu 9 score – 517K vs 211K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- 29% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2200 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 71966 | 141555 |
| GPU | 38434 | 184296 |
| Memory | 52307 | 62560 |
| UX | 50352 | 131223 |
| Total score | 211318 | 517413 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 80.5 Mpixels/s | 153.4 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.6 images/s | 21 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 25.8 words/s | 45.7 words/s |
| Machine learning | 18.1 images/s | 48 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 9.93 images/s | 26.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.7 Mnodes/s | 1.44 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 457.8 Krows/s | 846.9 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 91% |
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
| Score | - | 3096 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9609 and Snapdragon 855CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2840 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 6.7 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP3 | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 585 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 48 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 259 Gigaflops | 899 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 11.9 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 690 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 1240 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | May 2019 | December 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9609 | SM8150 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9609 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site |
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