We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 7885 [with Mali-G71 MP2 graphics] and Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 [Adreno 610]. 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 7885
- Higher GPU frequency [~16%]
- 10% higher CPU clock speed [2200 vs 2000 MHz]
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
- Performs 3.5x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth [14.9 against 7.46 GB/s]
- Announced 1-year and 2-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor [11 versus 14 nm]
- Shows better [up to 27%] AnTuTu 10 score – 236K vs 185K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 65256 90638 GPU 18289 42930 Memory 47967 45249 UX 53868 56683 Total score 185840 236592
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 53.9 MB/sec 74.6 MB/sec HTML 5 Browser 30.6 pages/sec 39.1 pages/sec PDF Renderer 37.6 Mpixels/sec 49.3 Mpixels/sec Image detection 9.93 images/sec 14.3 images/sec HDR 31.8 Mpixels/sec 44.3 Mpixels/sec Background blur 1.15 images/sec 1.7 images/sec Photo processing 6.36 images/sec 9.53 images/sec Ray tracing 1.6 Mpixels/sec 2.22 Mpixels/sec
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan [Metal]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 40% 98% Graphics test 3 FPS 1 FPS Score 524 262
Gaming
Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 29 FPS [Low] Call of Duty: Mobile - 28 FPS [Ultra] Fortnite - 27 FPS [Low] Shadowgun Legends - 53 FPS [Low] World of Tanks Blitz - 57 FPS [Medium] Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 30 FPS [High] Device - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T 1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 7885 and Snapdragon 665
CPU
Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold [Cortex-A73] 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver [Cortex-A53] Cores 8 8 Frequency 2200 MHz 2000 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A L1 cache 64 KB - Process 14 nanometers 11 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion 1.75 billion TDP 8 W 5 W Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Graphics
GPU name Mali-G71 MP2 Adreno 610 Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 600 GPU frequency 1100 MHz 950 MHz Execution units 2 1 Shading units 16 128 Total shaders 32 128 FLOPS 70.4 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.3 1.1 OpenCL version 2.0 2.0 DirectX version - 12.1
Memory
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz Bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit Max bandwidth 7.46 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s Max size 6 GB 8 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] No Hexagon 686 Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 Max display resolution 2220 x 1080 2520 x 1080 Max camera resolution 1x 21MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem - X12 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 13 5G support No No Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 5.0 5.0 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Snapdragon 665
112 [72.3%]
Total votes: 155
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