Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which processor or chip is better? Detailed data of speed tests and benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870, comparison of GPUs Mali-T830 MP2 and Adreno 330.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is quad-core (Krait 400) and Exynos 7 Octa 7870 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A careful 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 special test applications such as PassMark, Neocore, GFXBench, Geekbench, WebXPRT 3, AnTuTu 8, Vellamo, Quadrant, PCMark, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, Octane V2, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Real Racing 3, Mortal Kombat, Sniper 3D, Minecraft Bedrock etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC or Exynos 7 Octa 7870 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Madout2, Asphalt 9, 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 801 MSM8974AC

Exynos 7 Octa 7870

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

Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

19%

Exynos 7 Octa 7870

55%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

Exynos 7 Octa 7870

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC	Exynos 7 Octa 7870
Total score	47809	45099
CPU	13387	12626
GPU	18163	17146
MEM	7650	7211
UX	8603	8115

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC	Exynos 7 Octa 7870
Single-Core	127	119
Multi-Core	584	551

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC	Exynos 7 Octa 7870
Frequency	2500 MHz	1600 MHz
Cores	4	8
Bit	32	64
Lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.5 GHz Krait 400	8x1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	3 W
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR3
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	800	1650
Memory bandwidth	14.9	14.9
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
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 Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is 36% better than Exynos 7 Octa 7870 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC has 4 more core than Exynos 7 Octa 7870. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 330	Mali-T830 MP2
GPU Frequency	578 MHz	700 MHz
GFloPS	166.46	47.6
# of Cores		2
# of Shader Units	128
Display	2560 x 2048 pixels	1920 x 1200 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	15.5	13.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	39.9	36.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	26.6	24.2
Call of Duty: Mobile	23.9	21.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	33.3	30.1
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	50.6	46.9
Real Racing 3	33.3	48.4
Sniper 3D	34.6	46
Need for Speed No Limits	42.6	43.6
Mortal Kombat X	30.6	27.8
CSR Racing 2	31.9	29

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	28 MP	16 MP
Dual Camera resolution		8 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)	Qualcomm Spectra
Video Encoding FPS	30	60
Video Encoding resolution	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X4 LTE modem	LTE Cat.6 2CA
Download speed	150 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 MBit/s.	50 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is better: 24
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 is better: 13
You need to understand that you should not sightlessly trust the software comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison 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 801 MSM8974AC SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC specs and review.

Exynos 7 Octa 7870 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 7 Octa 7870 specs and review.