Samsung Exynos 7872 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A73 4x Cortex-A53
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 1.2 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Execution units
  1 0
• Generation
  Bifrost 1 4
• GPU Frequency
  950 MHz 550 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G71 MP1 Qualcomm Adreno 405
• GPU Turbo
  950 MHz 550 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2014
• Shader
  16 48
• Technology
  16 nm 28 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 and Samsung Exynos 7872. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 7872 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 7872 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 617, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• Part Number
  - MSM8952
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q4/2015
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None