We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 7870 [with Mali-T830 MP1 graphics] and Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 [Adreno 505]. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 7870
- Has a smaller size transistor [14 versus 28 nm]
- Higher GPU frequency [~56%]
- 14% higher CPU clock speed [1600 vs 1400 MHz]
- Shows better [up to 7%] AnTuTu 10 score – 144K vs 135K
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
- Performs 93% better in floating-point computations
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 52962 50681 GPU 8716 7200 Memory 40069 35968 UX 42984 41040 Total score 144825 135218
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 28.1 MB/sec 60.7 MB/sec HTML 5 Browser 15.9 pages/sec 24.4 pages/sec PDF Renderer 20.3 Mpixels/sec 38.1 Mpixels/sec Image detection 5.6 images/sec 8.57 images/sec HDR 15 Mpixels/sec 26.6 Mpixels/sec Background blur 0.57 images/sec 1 images/sec Photo processing 4.16 images/sec 7.19 images/sec Ray tracing 785.2 Mpixels/sec 1.74 Mpixels/sec
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 7870 and Snapdragon 430
CPU
Architecture 8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 Cores 8 8 Frequency 1600 MHz 1400 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A Process 14 nanometers 28 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion 1 billion TDP 3 W 6 W Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Graphics
GPU name Mali-T830 MP1 Adreno 505 Architecture Midgard 4th gen Adreno 500 GPU frequency 700 MHz 450 MHz Execution units 1 1 Shading units 16 48 Total shaders 16 48 FLOPS 22.4 Gigaflops 43.2 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.0 OpenCL version 1.2 2.0 DirectX version - 11
Memory
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR3 Memory frequency 933 MHz 800 MHz Bus 1x 32 Bit 1x 32 Bit Max size 4 GB 4 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] No Hexagon 536 Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1200 Max camera resolution 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP 1x 21MP Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8 H.264, H.265 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem - X6 4G support LTE Cat. 6 LTE Cat. 4 5G support No No Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Upload speed Up to 50 Mbps Up to 75 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 4.1 4.1 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Snapdragon 430
72 [52.2%]
Total votes: 138
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