Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 850

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Detailed data of speed tests and benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 850, comparison of GPUs Adreno 510 and Mali-G52 MP6.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Exynos 850 is octa-core (Cortex-A55). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications of the CPUs, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro or Exynos 850 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits, CSR Racing 2.

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 653 MSM8976 Pro

Exynos 850

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

Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro

27%

Exynos 850

74%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro

Exynos 850

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro	Exynos 850
Total score	88401	119144
CPU	24746	33358
GPU	33597	45266
MEM	14142	19058
UX	15904	21445

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro	Exynos 850
Single-Core	228	243
Multi-Core	1029	1072

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro	Exynos 850
Frequency	1950 MHz	2000 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x1.95 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	7 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	8 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	1866	1866
Memory bandwidth	14
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	1 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Exynos 850 is 2% better than Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 510	Mali-G52 MP6
GPU Frequency	600 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	176	426
# of Cores		6
# of Shader Units	128
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	2520 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		23.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	18.9	45.4
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	31.4	48.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	20.6	25.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	15.8	41.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	19.4	59.6
Real Racing 3	39.3	85.2
Sniper 3D	69.1	107.1
Need for Speed No Limits	37.7	58.4
Mortal Kombat X	50.2	70.6
CSR Racing 2	34.5	58.4

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	22 MP
Dual Camera resolution		16 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	120
Video Encoding resolution	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD	8K, 4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC	H.264, 10-bit H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X9 LTE modem	LTE Cat.13 5CA/Cat.15 2CA
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	400 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 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 653 MSM8976 Pro is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 850 is better: 27
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro and Exynos 850, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 653 MSM8976 Pro specs and review.

Exynos 850 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 850 specs and review.