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

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

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

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

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

• AES-NI
  No No

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

• Architecture
  Exynos M4/Cortex-A75/-A55 Kryo 280
• 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
  Q3/2019 Q2/2017
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None None