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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 1080

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Exynos 1080
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Exynos 1080

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 versus Exynos 1080 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Samsung respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 7.14% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (3000 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1080 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1080 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 48.77 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1080 (1037 K vs 697 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1080.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1080 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 113.33 % higher download speed than Exynos 1080 ( 2560 vs 1200 Mbps).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Exynos 1080

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 178651
GPU 448381 251983
Memory 172528 127596
UX 166045 138654
Total score 1036722 696884

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 88% -
Graphics test 54 FPS -
Score 9041 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510		 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 9 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G78 MP10
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 800 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines 3 10
Shading units 768 160
Total shaders 1536 320
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Processor

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 5100 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2021 November 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8450 S5E9815
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Exynos 1080 official site