Exynos 9610 vs Snapdragon 720G

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9610 (with Mali-G72 MP3 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 9610
  • Higher GPU frequency (~40%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
  • Performs 9.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 42%) AnTuTu 11 score – 517K vs 365K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
  • Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 11.9 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
365008
517460
CPU 149165 218272
GPU 18580 50078
Memory 94830 103903
UX 102433 145207
Total score 365008 517460
Samples [11 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 69.3 MB/sec 94.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 32.1 pages/sec 45.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 38.8 Mpixels/sec 62.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 10.7 images/sec 33.9 images/sec
HDR 43.1 Mpixels/sec 55.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.42 images/sec 5.39 images/sec
Photo processing 6.67 images/sec 15.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.55 Mpixels/sec 2.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 6 tests 21 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
1410
Background blur 2.39 images/sec 1.88 images/sec
Face detection 1.38 images/sec 0.78 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 4.95 Gpixels/sec 3.86 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 191 FPS 217.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 4 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
9187
Web score 5152 8030
Video editing score 5186 6295
Data manipulation score 5338 7577
Photo editing score 9306 18039
Writing score 6344 9464
Phones tested Less than 3 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 9610
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Gadji TΓ¦mΓ¦v)AnTuTu 11372305
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-05 (A50M Max πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·)AnTuTu 11380008
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Muhammed tech)AnTuTu 11368004
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (A50M max)Geekbench 6 CPU374 / 1132
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (A50M max)AnTuTu 11365008
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 9610 and Snapdragon 720G

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.7 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 2300 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 10 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count 3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP3 Adreno 618
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1053 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 12 128
Total shaders 36 256
FLOPS 40.8 Gigaflops 384 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 692
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 11.9 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 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
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 384 kHz/32 bit

Connectivity

Modem Shannon 337 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 March 2018 January 2020
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number S5E9610 SM7125
Official page Samsung Exynos 9610 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 1580 -

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