Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Samsung Exynos 9825. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 Samsung Exynos 9825
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  4 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 Kryo 280 Gold 2x Exynos M4
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 280 Silver 2x Cortex-A75
• Base Frequency
  1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A55
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.45 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.45 GHz 2.7 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
  11.1 12
• Execution units
  0 12
• Generation
  5 Bifrost 3
• GPU Frequency
  710 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 540 ARM Mali-G76 MP12
• GPU Turbo
  710 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q3/2018
• Shader
  384 192
• Technology
  10 nm 7 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 | No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 9825 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 12 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-1866

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Samsung Exynos 9825 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Samsung Exynos 9825, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 280 Exynos M4/Cortex-A75/-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 1.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 2.00 MB
• Part Number
  MSM8998 -
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q3/2019
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None