Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Samsung Exynos 9609

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 with Samsung Exynos 9609. 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 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)	4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	3000 million	3000 million
TDP	9 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon 682	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 540	Mali-G72 MP3
GPU Architecture	Adreno 500	Bifrost
GPU frequency	740 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	2	3
Shaders	384	48
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2560x1600
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 16MP	1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS