Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Samsung Exynos 9611

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 with Samsung Exynos 9611. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Snapdragon 821

232375

Exynos 9611

243759

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 821

353

Exynos 9611

364

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 821

857

Exynos 9611

1088

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo	4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	3000 million
TDP	11 Watt	8 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon 680	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 530	Mali-G72 MP3
GPU Architecture	Adreno 500	Bifrost
GPU frequency	650 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	2	3
Shaders	256	48
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.1	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2560x1600
Max camera resolution	1x 28MP, 2x	1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.1	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS