We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9610 [with Mali-G72 MP3 graphics] and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 [Adreno 630]. 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 9610
- Higher GPU frequency [~20%]
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
- Performs 7.9x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 150% higher memory bandwidth [29.8 against 11.9 GB/s]
- Shows significantly better [up to 78%] AnTuTu 10 score – 466K vs 262K
- 22% higher CPU clock speed [2800 vs 2300 MHz]
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 73814 135402 GPU 51982 139057 Memory 66280 84808 UX 67604 106584 Total score 262275 466377
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 68.5 MB/sec 104.1 MB/sec HTML 5 Browser 33.7 pages/sec 68.5 pages/sec PDF Renderer 33.4 Mpixels/sec 74.9 Mpixels/sec Image detection 12 images/sec 18.1 images/sec HDR 44.9 Mpixels/sec 71.5 Mpixels/sec Background blur 1.54 images/sec 6.01 images/sec Photo processing 7.39 images/sec 20.5 images/sec Ray tracing 1.87 Mpixels/sec 3.02 Mpixels/sec
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan [Metal]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 97% 81% Graphics test 4 FPS 8 FPS Score 746 1438
Gaming
Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 53 FPS [Ultra] Call of Duty: Mobile - 55 FPS [High] Fortnite - 28 FPS [Ultra] Shadowgun Legends - 48 FPS [High] World of Tanks Blitz - 60 FPS [Ultra] Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 56 FPS [Ultra] Device - Xiaomi Pocophone F1 1080 x 2246
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9610 and Snapdragon 845
CPU
Architecture 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold [Cortex-A75] 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver [Cortex-A55] Cores 8 8 Frequency 2300 MHz 2800 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A L1 cache - 128 KB L2 cache - 256 KB L3 cache - 2 MB Process 10 nanometers 10 nanometers Transistor count 3 billion 3 billion TDP 8 W 9 W Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Graphics
GPU name Mali-G72 MP3 Adreno 630 Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Adreno 600 GPU frequency 850 MHz 710 MHz Execution units 3 2 Shading units 18 256 Total shaders 54 512 FLOPS 91.8 Gigaflops 727 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.3 1.1 OpenCL version 2.0 2.0 DirectX version - 12.1
Memory
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1866 MHz Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit Max bandwidth 11.9 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s Max size 6 GB 8 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] Yes Hexagon 685 Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1 Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 3840 x 2160 Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem Shannon 337 X20 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18 5G support No No Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 5.0 5.0 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Snapdragon 845
85 [76.6%]
Total votes: 111
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