Samsung Exynos 2100 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 680 SoCs, developed by Samsung and Qualcomm 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 Exynos 2100
  • Exynos 2100 has 20.83% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (2900 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has -31.78% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (760 vs 1114 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • Exynos 2100 has 198.83 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (752 K vs 252 K).
  • Exynos 2100 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
  • Exynos 2100 supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 ( 51.2 vs 17 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 202484 81097
GPU 285430 38425
Memory 123653 68438
UX 140161 63600
Total score 751728 251560

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 66% 99%
Graphics test 33 FPS 2 FPS
Score 5655 443

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2200MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2900MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP14 Adreno 610
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 610
GPU frequency 760 MHz 1114 MHz
Pipelines 14 2
Shading units 224 96
Total shaders 448 192
FLOPS 976 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS) Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 4096 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos Modem 5200 X11
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 7526 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3758 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 422 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2020 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number S5E9840 SM6225
Official page Exynos 2100 official site Snapdragon 680 official site