Samsung Exynos 2100 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 685 SoCs, manufactured by Samsung and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
Review
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
Pros of Exynos 2100
- Exynos 2100 has 3.57% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (2900 vs 2800 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (5 vs 6 nm).
- Exynos 2100 has 178.19 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (752 K vs 270 K).
- Exynos 2100 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 685.
- Exynos 2100 supports 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 ( 51.2 vs 17 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 202484 | 81894 |
| GPU | 285430 | 39122 |
| Memory | 123653 | 77991 |
| UX | 140161 | 71216 |
| Total score | 751728 | 270223 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | - |
| Score | 5655 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1 3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2200MHz | 1900MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2900MHz | 2800MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.2-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 600 |
| GPU frequency | 760 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 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 108MP, 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 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2020 | March 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E9840 | SM6225-AD |
| Official page | Exynos 2100 official site | Snapdragon 685 official site |