Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7884B

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Full comparison data of benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7884B, speed examination of GPUs Adreno 505 and Mali-G71 MP2.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Exynos 7 Octa 7884B is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A73). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.

From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as PassMark, Quadrant, WebXPRT 3, Neocore, PCMark, Vellamo, 3DMark, GFXBench, Geekbench, Mozilla Kraken, AnTuTu 8, Octane V2, and how good the SoCs are in games Call of Duty: Mobile, Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, Real Racing 3, Fortnite etc.

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which chip is better to buy Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 or Exynos 7 Octa 7884B and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Snapdragon 435 MSM8940

Exynos 7 Octa 7884B

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Snapdragon 435 MSM8940

28%

Exynos 7 Octa 7884B

61%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 435 MSM8940

Exynos 7 Octa 7884B

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Snapdragon 435 MSM8940	Exynos 7 Octa 7884B
Total score	45818	69828
CPU	12838	19550
GPU	17417	26528
MEM	7330	11165
UX	8244	12569

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Snapdragon 435 MSM8940	Exynos 7 Octa 7884B
Single-Core	121	180
Multi-Core	560	813

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 435 MSM8940	Exynos 7 Octa 7884B
Frequency	1400 MHz	1600 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	8x1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	2x1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 6x1.35 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	4 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	1866
Memory bandwidth	6.4
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Exynos 7 Octa 7884B is 12% better than Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 505	Mali-G71 MP2
GPU Frequency	500 MHz	770 MHz
GFloPS	48	52.3
# of Cores		2
# of Shader Units	48
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2560 x 1440 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	15.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	37.4	15.3
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	25.3	25.3
Call of Duty: Mobile	22.7	17.3
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	31.2	12.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	47.4	16.8
Real Racing 3	38	31.6
Sniper 3D	40.5	48.1
Need for Speed No Limits	30.4	35.4
Mortal Kombat X	36.7	29.1
CSR Racing 2	35.4	32.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	21 MP	28 MP
Dual Camera resolution		28 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X9 LTE modem	LTE Cat.13 3CA
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	100 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 is better: 13
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7884B is better: 21
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the software comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel testing and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both SoCs think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark

• Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 specs and review.

Exynos 7 Octa 7884B SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark

• Exynos 7 Octa 7884B specs and review.