Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 7 7904

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Full comparison data of benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 7 7904, speed examination of GPUs Mali-G71 MP2 and Adreno 506.

This performance comparison includes two processors: Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Exynos 7 7904 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A73). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as GeekBench 6, 5, Vellamo, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, Octane V2, Quadrant, PCMark, 3DMark, AnTuTu 8, Mozilla Kraken, Neocore, PassMark, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Real Racing 3, Sniper 3D, Mortal Kombat, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Minecraft Bedrock, PUBG etc.

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which chip is better to buy Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro or Exynos 7 7904 and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, CSR Racing 2, Asphalt 9, Madout2.

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 626 MSM8953 Pro

Exynos 7 7904

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

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

54%

Exynos 7 7904

61%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

Exynos 7 7904

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro	Exynos 7 7904
Total score	68933	107393
CPU	19303	30065
GPU	26192	40805
MEM	11035	17181
UX	12401	19334

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro	Exynos 7 7904
Single-Core	178	219
Multi-Core	802	966

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro	Exynos 7 7904
Frequency	2200 MHz	1800 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	8x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	2x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 6x1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	8 Gb	6 Gb
Memory Frequency	1866	1866
Memory bandwidth	10
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	1 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is 18% better than Exynos 7 7904 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 506	Mali-G71 MP2
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	770 MHz
GFloPS	130	52.3
# of Cores		2
# of Shader Units	96
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2400 x 1080 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
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	14.3	24.7
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	24.5	40.1
Call of Duty: Mobile	16.1	27.8
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	11.1	20.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	15.3	26.4
Real Racing 3	49	60.2
Sniper 3D	46.6	88.2
Need for Speed No Limits	44.1	64.2
Mortal Kombat X	35.5	64.2
CSR Racing 2	34.3	56.1

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	24 MP	32 MP
Dual Camera resolution		16 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	120
Video Encoding resolution	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, 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.12/13 2/3CA
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 7904 is better: 26
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel testing and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro specs and review.

Exynos 7 7904 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 7 7904 specs and review.