Samsung Exynos 8890 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 8890 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  2 3
• 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
  4x Exynos M1 (Mangoos) 2x Kryo
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 2x Kryo
• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.4 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 11,1
• Execution units
  12 0
• Generation
  Midgard 4 5
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 620 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T880 MP12 Qualcomm Adreno 530
• GPU Turbo
  650 MHz 620 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2015
• Shader
  192 256
• Technology
  16 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 and Samsung Exynos 8890. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-1866 LPDDR4-1866

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 8890 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 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 8890 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 821, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Exynos M1 / Cortex-A53 Kryo
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• Part Number
  - MSM8996 Pro-AB
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q3/2016
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None None