Exynos 9810 vs Snapdragon 860
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9810 (with Mali-G72MP18 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 9810
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 860
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- Performs 58% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- Shows better (up to 39%) AnTuTu 9 score – 567K vs 407K
- Announced 1-year and 3-months later
- Supports 27% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 26.82 GB/s)
- Higher GPU frequency (~18%)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 116977 | 151132 |
| GPU | 121725 | 205657 |
| Memory | 74973 | 99765 |
| UX | 93023 | 110578 |
| Total score | 407928 | 567892 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 112.6 Mpixels/s | 142.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 22.9 images/s | 19.9 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 46.4 words/s | 45.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 43.5 images/s | 44.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 17.6 images/s | 22.6 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.85 Mnodes/s | 1.67 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 637.6 Krows/s | 774 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 93% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Score | 2271 | 3456 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 54 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 26 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 98 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | 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 9810 and Snapdragon 860CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.9 GHz – Exynos M3 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
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 | 2900 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.3 billion | - |
| TDP | 5 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72MP18 | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 572 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 18 | 2 |
| Shading units | 288 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 658 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 26.82 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 690 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 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 | Shannon 360 LTE | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 19 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | January 2018 | April 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9810 | SM8150-AC |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9810 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site |
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