Exynos 9611 vs Snapdragon 860
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9611 (with Mali-G72 MP3 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (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 9611
- Higher GPU frequency (~26%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- Performs 4x 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 – 562K vs 230K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- 29% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2300 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 61042 | 151132 |
| GPU | 57036 | 205657 |
| Memory | 41776 | 99765 |
| UX | 71068 | 110578 |
| Total score | 230469 | 562027 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 68.2 Mpixels/s | 142.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.6 images/s | 19.9 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 24.3 words/s | 45.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 17.7 images/s | 44.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 8.41 images/s | 22.6 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.29 Mnodes/s | 1.67 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 409.6 Krows/s | 774 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Score | 776 | 3456 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 31 FPS [High] |
58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 40 FPS [Medium] |
54 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 26 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 43 FPS [Ultra] |
98 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 38 FPS [High] |
56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Samsung Galaxy A51 1080 x 2400 |
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro 1080 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9611 and Snapdragon 860CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 8 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP3 | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 48 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 259 Gigaflops | 1037 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 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 11.9 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 690 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 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, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Shannon 337 | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 2000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | September 2019 | April 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9611 | SM8150-AC |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9611 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site |
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