Samsung Exynos 2100 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Exynos 2100 and Snapdragon 860 SoCs, brought to you by Samsung and Qualcomm 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 Exynos 2100
  • Exynos 2100 has 12.59% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (760 vs 675 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Exynos 2100 has 62.03 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (752 K vs 464 K).
  • Exynos 2100 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Exynos 2100 supports 50.01 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 ( 51.2 vs 34.13 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 supports 53.60 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 860 ( 3072 vs 2000 Mbps).
Pros of Snapdragon 860
  • Snapdragon 860 has 2.07 % higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 ( 2960 vs 2900 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 143028
GPU 285430 179320
Memory 123653 69420
UX 140161 72190
Total score 751728 463958

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% 98%
Graphics test 33 FPS 20 FPS
Score 5655 3455

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
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2200MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2900MHz 2960MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.1-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP14 Adreno 640
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 675 MHz
Pipelines 14 2
Shading units 224 384
Total shaders 448 768
FLOPS 976 Gigaflops 1037 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 690

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 4096 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7526 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3758 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 422 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced December 2020 April 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9840 SM8150-AC
Official page Exynos 2100 official site Snapdragon 860 official site