Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996, speed examination of GPUs Adreno 530 and Mali-G71 MP3.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 is gexa-core (ARM Cortex-A73) and Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 is quad-core (Kryo 280). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the SoCs, 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 PassMark, Geekbench, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, GFXBench, Octane V2, WebXPRT 3, Quadrant, Vellamo, AnTuTu 8, Neocore, PCMark, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Real Racing 3 etc.

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which chipset is better to buy Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 or Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9.

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 820 MSM8996

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

Exynos 5 Hexa 7872

56%

Snapdragon 820 MSM8996

52%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Exynos 5 Hexa 7872

Snapdragon 820 MSM8996

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Exynos 5 Hexa 7872	Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
Total score	92314	125956
CPU	25851	35262
GPU	35084	47872
MEM	14780	20152
UX	16607	22681

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Exynos 5 Hexa 7872	Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
Single-Core	238	257
Multi-Core	1075	1133

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Exynos 5 Hexa 7872	Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
Frequency	2000 MHz	2200 MHz
Cores	6	4
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	2x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4x1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.2 GHz Kryo 280
Power consumption (TDP)	7 W	11 W
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)
Max. Memory	4 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	1650	1866
Memory bandwidth	24	29.8
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 Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 is 9% better than Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 has -2 more core than Snapdragon 820 MSM8996. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP3	Adreno 530
GPU Frequency	1200 MHz	624 MHz
GFloPS	124	497.98
# of Cores	3
# of Shader Units		256
Display	1920 x 1200 pixels	3840 x 2160 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		25.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	18.4	48.8
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	32.4	52.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	20.3	27.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	15.6	44.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	19.8	63.7
Real Racing 3	56.7	105
Sniper 3D	71.3	84
Need for Speed No Limits	58.3	84
Mortal Kombat X	51.8	68.3
CSR Racing 2	42.1	57.8

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	28 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)		Qualcomm Spectra
Video Encoding FPS	120	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, 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 X12 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 is better: 9
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 is better: 29
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the software comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel testing and listen to what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets Exynos 5 Hexa 7872 and Snapdragon 820 MSM8996, as well as read the test results at the links below.

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 820 MSM8996 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 specs and review.