Exynos 9825 vs Snapdragon 678
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9825 (with Mali G76 MP12 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 (Adreno 612). 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 9825
- Supports 124% higher memory bandwidth (33.4 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Performs 84% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 80%) AnTuTu 9 score – 515K vs 285K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 11 nm)
- 24% higher CPU clock speed (2730 vs 2200 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Exynos
- Announced 1-year and 5-months later
- Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 132089 | 101216 |
| GPU | 203008 | 51346 |
| Memory | 88103 | 48181 |
| UX | 88058 | 82701 |
| Total score | 515554 | 285957 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 102.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 14.5 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 26.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 18.2 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 15.9 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.05 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 536.6 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Score | 3365 | 482 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 41 FPS [Low] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 40 FPS [Medium] |
| Fortnite | - | 24 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 54 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 59 FPS [Medium] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 14 FPS [Low] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 48 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 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 9825 and Snapdragon 678CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – M4 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 11 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 8.5 billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP12 | Adreno 612 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 754 MHz | 845 MHz |
| Execution units | 12 | 2 |
| Shading units | 192 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 652 Gigaflops | 354 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 33.4 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 685 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 22MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | X12 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | August 2019 | December 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E9825 | SM6150-AC |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9825 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 official site |
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