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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 1080

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

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Exynos 1080 SoCs, from Qualcomm and Samsung respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

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 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 14.29% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (3200 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 12.50% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (900 vs 800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1080 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1080 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 57.55 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1080 (1098 K vs 697 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1080.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1080 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 108.33 % higher download speed than Exynos 1080 ( 2500 vs 1200 Mbps).

Benchmarks

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

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 243697 178651
GPU 478120 251983
Memory 191931 127596
UX 184166 138654
Total score 1097914 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 69% -
Graphics test 59 FPS -
Score 9875 -

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 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 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 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 900 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines - 10
Shading units - 160
Total shaders - 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 2500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced May 2022 November 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - S5E9815
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Exynos 1080 official site