Samsung Exynos 8890
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Samsung Exynos 8890 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2016
Samsung Exynos 8890
Samsung Exynos 8890
Released
Q4/2015
Overall score
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

What's the best choice Samsung Exynos 8890 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 820? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Samsung Exynos 8890 has a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q1/2016.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 has a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. 4 / 4 Cores. Released in Q4/2015.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1785 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 17% better overclocked clock speed

    2.60 GHz left arrow 2.15 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 8890 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1325 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1266 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1213 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1489 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1317 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1397 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    629 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    280 place

Specifications

Technical data
Samsung Exynos 8890 Samsung Exynos 8890
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Samsung Exynos left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • CPU group
    Samsung Exynos 8890 left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 3
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • CPU Cores / Threads
    8 / 8 left arrow 4 / 4
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A-Core
    4x Exynos M1 (Mangoos) left arrow 2x Kryo
  • B-Core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow 2x Kryo
  • Frequency
    1.60 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.60 GHz left arrow 2.15 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-T880 MP12 left arrow Qualcomm Adreno 530
  • GPU frequency
    0.65 GHz left arrow 0.62 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.65 GHz left arrow 0.62 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 0
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 256
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 0
  • Generation
    Midgard 4 left arrow 5
  • Direct X
    11 left arrow 11,1
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow Q4/2015
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8890. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4-1866 left arrow LPDDR4-1866
  • Memory channels
    0 left arrow 4
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 8890 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 8890 and Samsung Exynos 8890, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Exynos M1 / Cortex-A53 left arrow Kryo
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q1/2016 left arrow Q4/2015
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow MSM8996

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Samsung Exynos 8890 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 820.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
331
Samsung Exynos 8890
297
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1147
Samsung Exynos 8890
773
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
265
Samsung Exynos 8890
476
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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