Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Samsung Exynos 1380

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Exynos 1380 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Samsung respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

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 33.33% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1380 (3200 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1380 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 109.97 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1380 (1098 K vs 523 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1380.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1380 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1380
  • Exynos 1380 has 5.56 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 950 vs 900 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 243697 151675
GPU 478120 135413
Memory 191931 110932
UX 184166 124860
Total score 1097914 522880

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
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G68 MP5
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines - 5
Shading units - -
Total shaders - -
FLOPS - 608 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 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
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8
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 3670 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G - Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 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 February 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - S5E8835
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Exynos 1380 official site