Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Samsung Exynos 980

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 with Samsung Exynos 980. 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	11 Watt	9 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	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 530	Mali-G76 MP5
GPU Architecture	Adreno 500	Bifrost
GPU frequency	650 MHz	730 MHz
Execution units	2	5
Shaders	256	80
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.1
OpenGL API	ES 3.1	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3360x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 28MP, 2x	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	3.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.38 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.1	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS