Samsung Exynos 7270 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon QM215. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 Qualcomm Snapdragon QM215
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 1.3 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
  Midgard 3 3
• GPU Frequency
  600 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T720 MP1 Qualcomm Adreno 308
• GPU Turbo
  600 MHz 500 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q1/2016
• Shader
  16 24
• Technology
  28nm 28 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 / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon QM215 and Samsung Exynos 7270. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-667 LPDDR3-667

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 7270 and Qualcomm Snapdragon QM215 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 7270 and Qualcomm Snapdragon QM215, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q3/2019
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None