Samsung Exynos 850 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  4 1
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• 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
  8x Cortex-A55 1x Cortex-X2
• B-Core
  - 3x Cortex-A710
• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A510
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo 2.5 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
  12 12.1
• Execution units
  1 -
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 7
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 840 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G52 MP1 Qualcomm Adreno 730
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q1/2022
• Shader
  16 -
• Technology
  16 nm 4 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 | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Samsung Exynos 850. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  0 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X LPDDR5-3200

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 850 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 850 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Kryo
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Part Number
  S5E3830 SM8450
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2022
• Technology
  8 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  None None