Exynos 9810 vs Snapdragon 425
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 9810 (Mali-G72 MP18) with the older 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (Adreno 308) 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 9810
- Performs 10.3x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 437% higher memory bandwidth (28.7 against 5.34 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.3x) AnTuTu 11 score β 594K vs 180K
- Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 28 nm)
- 107% higher CPU clock speed (2900 vs 1400 MHz)
- Has 4 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
- Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 257526 | 77856 |
| GPU | 87627 | 6377 |
| Memory | 115805 | 37315 |
| UX | 133327 | 59386 |
| Total score | 594285 | 180934 |
| Samples | [43 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 123.7 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 73.4 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 84.8 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 18.8 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 82.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 7.01 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 23.3 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 3.31 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 14 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 8.29 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 4.41 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 0.26 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 0.21 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 16.8 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 655.7 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
| Samples | 10 tests | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5601 | - |
| Video editing score | 5488 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 5650 | - |
| Photo editing score | 9525 | - |
| Writing score | 6250 | - |
| Phones tested | 3 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 9810
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-05 (Ibzz) | AnTuTu 12 | 612773 |
| π 2026-09-24 (s9) | AnTuTu 12 | 744869 |
| π 2026-08-10 -> skaele | AnTuTu 11 | 635840 |
| π 2026-07-24 (Alex) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4587 |
| π 2026-07-24 (Alex) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 495 / 1924 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9810 and Snapdragon 425CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.9 GHz β Exynos M3 4x 1.9 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
4x 1.4 GHz β Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2900 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 28 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.3 billion | 1 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP18 | Adreno 308 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 2nd gen | Adreno 300 |
| GPU frequency | 572 MHz | 598 MHz |
| Pipelines | 18 | 1 |
| Shading units | 12 | 24 |
| Total shaders | 216 | 24 |
| FLOPS | 247.1 Gigaflops | 24 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | - | 11 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 536 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 28.7 Gb/s | 5.34 Gb/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 1280 x 800 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Shannon 360 | X6 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 5 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps | Up to 75 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | January 2018 | February 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | S5E9810 | MSM8917 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9810 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 2500 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 |
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