Exynos 9820 vs Snapdragon 690
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9820 (with Mali G76 MP12 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 (Adreno 619L). 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 9820
- Supports 109% higher memory bandwidth (31.1 against 14.9 GB/s)
- 35% higher CPU clock speed (2700 vs 2000 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 8 score – 389K vs 318K
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Exynos
- Announced 1-year and 7-months later
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 124711 | 106188 |
| GPU | 159835 | 62482 |
| Memory | 60833 | 55313 |
| UX | 51477 | 59570 |
| Total score | 389369 | 318332 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 108.8 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 20.7 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 47.5 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 46.4 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 19.1 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 2.04 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 612.4 Krows/s | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9820 and Snapdragon 690CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.7 GHz – Mongoose 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2700 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP12 | Adreno 619L |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 600 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 12 | 2 |
| Shading units | 192 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 943 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 31.1 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 692 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 150FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| 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 | - | X51 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2018 | June 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | SM6350 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9820 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site |
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