Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 vs Samsung Exynos 7870. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Samsung Exynos
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 808/810 Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 1

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  6 / 6 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A57 --
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 --
• Frequency
  1.44 GHz 1.60 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.82 GHz 1.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 418 ARM Mali-T830 MP1
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  0 1
• Shader
  128 16
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Generation
  4 Midgard 4
• Direct X
  11 11
• Technology
  20 nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2015

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 7870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 808. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933
• Memory channels
  2 0
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 and Samsung Exynos 7870 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Technology
  20 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q1/2016
• Part Number
  MSM8992 --