Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Full data of speed tests and benchmarks Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450, comparison of GPUs Adreno 506 and Mali-G71 MP3.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 is gexa-core (ARM Cortex-A73) and Snapdragon 450 SDM450 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the specifications of the SoCs, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests like Geekbench, Neocore, 3DMark, Mozilla Kraken, AnTuTu, Vellamo, Quadrant, Octane V2, PCMark, PassMark, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Mortal Kombat, Real Racing 3, Fortnite, Minecraft Bedrock, Call of Duty: Mobile, Sniper 3D, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra etc.
   After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which SoCs is better to buy Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 or Snapdragon 450 SDM450 and which chip is better for gaming: Madout2, Asphalt 9, 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

Exynos 5 Hexa 7872

Snapdragon 450 SDM450

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

Exynos 5 Hexa 7872

56%

Snapdragon 450 SDM450

57%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Exynos 5 Hexa 7872

Snapdragon 450 SDM450

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Exynos 5 Hexa 7872	Snapdragon 450 SDM450
Total score	92314	61183
CPU	25851	17140
GPU	35084	23248
MEM	14780	9791
UX	16607	11013

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Exynos 5 Hexa 7872	Snapdragon 450 SDM450
Single-Core	238	203
Multi-Core	1075	712

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Exynos 5 Hexa 7872	Snapdragon 450 SDM450
Frequency	2000 MHz	1800 MHz
Cores	6	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	2x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4x1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	8x1.48GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	7 W	3 W
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	1650	1600
Memory bandwidth	24	7.46
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB
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 5 Hexa 7872 is 9% better than Snapdragon 450 SDM450 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 has 2 more core than Snapdragon 450 SDM450. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP3	Adreno 506
GPU Frequency	1200 MHz	650 MHz
GFloPS	124	130
# of Cores	3
# of Shader Units		96
Display	1920 x 1200 pixels	2160 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)	18.4	11.8
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	32.4	20.4
Call of Duty: Mobile	20.3	12.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	15.6	8.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	19.8	12.6
Real Racing 3	56.7	30.6
Sniper 3D	71.3	26.5
Need for Speed No Limits	58.3	32.6
Mortal Kombat X	51.8	26.5
CSR Racing 2	42.1	28.6

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	21.7 MP	24 MP
Dual Camera resolution		13 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	120	60
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem	LTE Cat.7 2CA	Qualcomm Snapdragon X9 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	100 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 is better: 29
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450 is better: 8
You need to know that you should not blindly trust the software comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel comparison and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both chips think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 specs and review.

Snapdragon 450 SDM450 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 450 SDM450 specs and review.