Samsung Exynos 2200 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 870 SoCs, developed by Samsung and Qualcomm respectively. Our assessment weighs the benefits and drawbacks of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, as well as their full 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 2200
  • Exynos 2200 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Exynos 2200 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Exynos 2200 has 46.64 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (945 K vs 644 K).
  • Exynos 2200 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
  • Exynos 2200 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).
  • Exynos 2200 supports 20.00 % higher download speed than Snapdragon 870 ( 3000 vs 2500 Mbps).
Pros of Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 14.29 % higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2200 ( 3200 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has -50.38 % higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 2200 ( 645 vs 1300 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 223163 179347
GPU 391575 270188
Memory 175188 98761
UX 154579 95818
Total score 944505 644114

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 59% 90%
Graphics test 39 FPS 25 FPS
Score 6531 4258

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2200 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.52 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.82 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1820MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2800MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 920 Adreno 650
Architecture RDNA 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 645 MHz
Pipelines 24 2
Shading units 384 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS - 1,267 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 698

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 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 240FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem - X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7526 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3758 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 422 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2022 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9925 SM8250-ACSM8250-AC
Official page Exynos 2200 official site Snapdragon 870 official site