We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9610 [with Mali-G72 MP3 graphics] and Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 [Adreno 618]. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
Single and multi-core processor tests
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Efficiency of battery consumption
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 9610
- Higher GPU frequency [~70%]
- 5% higher CPU clock speed [2300 vs 2200 MHz]
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Exynos
- Shows significantly better [up to 57%] AnTuTu 9 score 321K vs 205K
- Performs 49% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor [8 versus 10 nm]
- Announced 1-year and 1-month later
- Supports 17% higher memory bandwidth [13.91 against 11.92 GB/s]
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksThe AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Image compression75.5 Mpixels/s93.9 Mpixels/sFace detection11.45 images/s11.7 images/sSpeech recognition25.25 words/s27 words/sMachine learning17.85 images/s24.7 images/sCamera shooting8.13 images/s14 images/sHTML 51.12 Mnodes/s1.17 Mnodes/sSQLite394.4 Krows/s478.1 Krows/sTable of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile-59 FPS[Medium]Call of Duty: Mobile-36 FPS
[Ultra]Fortnite-27 FPS
[Medium]Shadowgun Legends-35 FPS
[Medium]World of Tanks Blitz-59 FPS
[Ultra]Mobile Legends: Bang Bang-30 FPS
[Ultra]Device-Xiaomi Mi9T
1080 x 2340
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 7304x 1.7 GHz Cortex-A532x 2.2 GHz Kryo 470 Gold [Cortex-A76]
6x 1.8 GHz Kryo 470 Silver [Cortex-A55]Cores88Frequency2300 MHz2200 MHzInstruction setARMv8-AARMv8-AProcess10 nanometers8 nanometersTransistor count3 billion-TDP8 W5 WGPU nameMali-G72 MP3Adreno 618ArchitectureBifrostAdreno 600GPU frequency850 MHz500 MHzExecution units32Shading units48128FLOPS259 Gigaflops386 GigaflopsVulkan version1.01.1OpenCL version2.02.0DirectX version1212Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR4XMemory frequency1600 MHz1866 MHzBus4x 16 Bit2x 16 BitMax bandwidth11.92 Gbit/s13.91 Gbit/sMax size6 GB8 GBNeural processor [NPU]YesQualcomm Hexagon 688Storage typeeMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1UFS 3.0Max display resolution2560 x 16002520 x 1080Max camera resolution1x 24MP, 2x 16MP1x 192MP, 2x 22MPVideo capture4K at 120FPS4K at 60FPSVideo playback4K at 120FPS4K at 60FPSVideo codecsH.264, H.265, VP8, VP9H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9Audio codecsAIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAVAAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAVModem-X154G supportLTE Cat. 7LTE Cat. 155G supportNoNoDownload speedUp to 600 MbpsUp to 800 MbpsUpload speedUp to 150 MbpsUp to 150 MbpsWi-Fi56Bluetooth5.05.0NavigationGPS, GLONASS, Beidou, GalileoGPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
So, which SoC would you choose?