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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 2100

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Exynos 2100
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Exynos 2100

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Exynos 2100 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Samsung respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and 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 3.45% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 (3000 vs 2900 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 5.26% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 (800 vs 760 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 2100 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 37.91 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 2100 (1037 K vs 752 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 2100.

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Exynos 2100

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 202484
GPU 448381 285430
Memory 172528 123653
UX 166045 140161
Total score 1036722 751728

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% 66%
Graphics test 54 FPS 33 FPS
Score 9041 5655

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 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2200MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2900MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 9 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G78 MP14
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 800 MHz 760 MHz
Pipelines 3 14
Shading units 768 224
Total shaders 1536 448
FLOPS - 976 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS)

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 4096 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 Exynos Modem 5200
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7526 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 3072 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 3758 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 422 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 S5E9840
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Exynos 2100 official site