Exynos 9610 vs Snapdragon 730
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9610 (with Mali-G72 MP3 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 (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
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 9610
- Higher GPU frequency (~70%)
- 5% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 2200 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Exynos
- Performs 49% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 45%) AnTuTu 8 score – 256K vs 177K
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
- Announced 1-year and 1-month later
- Supports 17% higher memory bandwidth (13.91 against 11.92 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 59401 | 94487 |
| GPU | 34926 | 64985 |
| Memory | 37186 | 49437 |
| UX | 36556 | 40297 |
| Total score | 177180 | 256589 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 75.5 Mpixels/s | 93.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.45 images/s | 11.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 25.25 words/s | 27 words/s |
| Machine learning | 17.85 images/s | 24.7 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 8.13 images/s | 14 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.24 Mnodes/s | 1.17 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 394.4 Krows/s | 478.1 Krows/s |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 59 FPS [Medium] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 36 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 27 FPS [Medium] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 35 FPS [Medium] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Xiaomi Mi9T 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 9610 and Snapdragon 730CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 8 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP3 | Adreno 618 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 48 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 259 Gigaflops | 386 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 11.92 Gbit/s | 13.91 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Qualcomm Hexagon 688 DSP |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| 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 |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X15 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | 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 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | March 2018 | April 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | - | SM7150-AA |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9610 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 official site |
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