Exynos 9825 vs Snapdragon 855

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9825 (with Mali-G76 MP12 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 9825
  • Higher GPU frequency (~29%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
  • Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
798922
824513
CPU 296289 314517
GPU 141109 125449
Memory 170792 150134
UX 190732 234413
Total score 798922 824513
Samples [12 tests] [39 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
2731
Asset compression 112.1 MB/sec 126.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 72.6 pages/sec 74.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 77 Mpixels/sec 88 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 46.9 images/sec 57.7 images/sec
HDR 84.4 Mpixels/sec 89.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 7.61 images/sec 9.07 images/sec
Photo processing 26.1 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.96 Mpixels/sec 4.06 Mpixels/sec
Samples 6 tests 29 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
5214
Background blur 7.65 images/sec 4.31 images/sec
Face detection 4.79 images/sec 1.84 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.25 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.5 Gpixels/sec 8.72 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 533.9 FPS 444 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 4 tests 19 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 393 -
Stability 96% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
1003
Score 1003 876
Stability 95% 86%
Graphics test 6 FPS 5 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
10497
Web score 8308 8813
Video editing score 5802 5956
Data manipulation score 7232 8239
Photo editing score 19062 22485
Writing score 10895 13084
Phones tested 2 models 8 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 58 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 56 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 28 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends - 51 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 9825
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Tomio.tomato)AnTuTu 11820039
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 -> j7primeciadamAnTuTu 11819454
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (M1nn44a)AnTuTu 11722666
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-22 (Wolf_Tech 🐺)AnTuTu 11824382
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Random person)AnTuTu 11806002
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (Pon)AnTuTu 121038764
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Stanley)AnTuTu 12969794
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Stanley)AnTuTu 11847934
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (pakasraka)AnTuTu 11763477
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)Geekbench 6 GPU3882

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9825 and Snapdragon 855

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.73 GHz – M4
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A75
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2730 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 8.5 billion 6.7 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP12 Adreno 640
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Adreno 600
GPU frequency 754 MHz 585 MHz
Pipelines 12 3
Shading units 24 256
Total shaders 288 768
FLOPS 434.3 Gigaflops 898.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 690
NPU theoretical performance 1.86 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 33.4 Gb/s 34.13 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 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 Exynos 5100 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2000 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 316 Mbps Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced August 2019 December 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9825 SM8150
Official page Samsung Exynos 9825 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Ab mughal May 23, 2024 at 08:30 PM
Heating issues while charging from the very first day. Heating issues when brightness is high and while gaming, battery drains very quickly.
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samsungFan November 24, 2021 at 03:31 AM
9825 seeing noticeable lag and animation stutter even when comparing to a snapdragon 845 galaxy note 9
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Tushar May 19, 2024 at 04:49 AM
Also facing network drop issues frequently. And battery drain and heating issue.
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