Samsung Exynos 7870 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
1600 MHz
2150 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
3 W
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-T830 MP1
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
700 MHz
624 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
16
256
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
933 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
—
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
No
Hexagon 680
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Feb 2016
Nov 2015
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
—
MSM8996
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
146,176
260,148
Geekbench 6
172
323
Geekbench 6
495
827
FP32 (float)
22
319
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.