Category: Chipset

Snapdragon is in a long-standing competition with Exynos. It can be argued that public perception prefers the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, but it’s undeniable that Samsung has made many innovations in connection with its own Exynos chipset. Let’s take a closer look at what each is good for and which one is more suitable for your application, Exynos vs Snapdragon.

Exynos Vs Snapdragon

Exynos processors are manufactured in-house by Samsung for use in their Samsung smartphones, with a few exceptions. Snapdragon SoCs are being manufactured by Qualcomm for use in third-party mobile devices.

The majority of smartphone manufacturers are using Snapdragon as the leading SoC for their devices. Samsung is using the Exynos processor in the Asian market, but the Snapdragon SoC is used in Europe and North America. This distinction is due to a deal between Samsung and Qualcomm that forces Samsung to use Snapdragon in its location.

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Comparing The Snapdragon And Exynos Chipsets

Processor

Companies don’t start from scratch while designing their processors. Instead, they usually take the help of ARM (Advanced RISC Machines), which utilize the technology of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer). 

We’ve managed to build a computer (smartphone) the size of our hands only because of this reduced instruction set.

By reduced instructions, it means around only a million instructions every second. If we compare it with the 6th Gen Intel i7 6700k, it can perform over 161,000 million instructions every second. However, this large performance gap is because the 6th Gen Intel Chip is a lot bigger.

The processor cores are referred to as “Cortex” by ARM, which is mainly supplied to  Qualcomm and Samsung. Samsung then makes some twerks and refers to them as “Mongoose.” And similarly, Qualcomm calls their “Kryo cores.” Both “Mongoose” and “Krypto cores” have better performance than the Cortex core.

GPU

The Exynos processors have also faced defeat from the Qualcomm Soc in terms of GPU performance and by a considerable margin.

Qualcomm bundles a custom GPU with its SoCs, which is known as “Adreno,” which has significantly performed better than the ARM’s stock Mali GPUs which are used in Exynos processors. However, Samsung is looking forward to overcoming this gap with its upcoming Exynos 2100, as it could with AMD graphics.

Setting the CPUs and GPUs aside, a custom unit in Qualcomm processors called the Hexagon DSP is great for image processing and has consistently performed better than its competitors.

Samsung Vs Exynos: The Main Debate

For those who don’t know, Samsung is shipping two variants of its flagship. One has Exynos processors, which are typically intended for Asian countries. However, in the US, the latest Qualcomm processors are included. But why does Samsung use both Exynos and Snapdragon? 

The reason Samsung is doing this has to do with the overall profit the company gets. Qualcomm’s monopoly in the SoC market has made it impossible to sell new processors at higher prices, but Exynos’s counterparts don’t cost that much. To balance the equation, selling an Exynos device can yield higher returns than selling a Qualcomm device.

Conclusion

So to simply answer the question, of whether Exynos is better than Snapdragon or not? The answer will be that Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are far superior to Exynos in almost all sectors. However, people will look forward to Samsung’s upcoming Exynos 2100, which is rumored to arrive along with the S21 series.

If you get confused about which variant of the processor is installed in your Samsung device. The answer is simple, and if you brought it to the US, it’s likely powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Whereas if you have bought it in European or Asian countries like India or the UK, then your device will contain one of the Exynos variants.

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