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Samsung Exynos 850 vs Allwinner A523

Samsung Exynos 850

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The Samsung Exynos 850 is a System on a Chip (SoC) for entry level smartphones (Android based). It was announced in May 2020 and the first device with it is the Samsung Galaxy A21s. The chip integrates a processor with 8 small ARM Cortex-A55 cores that clock with up to 2 GHz (octa core).

The multi threaded performance is quite good thanks to 8 cores, the single threaded performance suffers a bit from the small A55 cores, although the clock rate of up to 2 GHz can help a bit.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a LTE modem (Cat.7 2CA up to 300 MBit/s download, Cat.13 2CA 150 MBit/s upload), a Wi-fi 5 modem (802.11ac), LPPDDR4x memory controller, eMMC 5.1 flash memory controller and a video engine for FHD 60fps encoding and decoding (H.265, H.264, VP9).

It is manufactured in the modern 8nm LPP process at Samsung and should offer a good power efficiency and therefore it is also suited for small smartphones.

Allwinner A523

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The Allwinner A523 is a very affordable ARM-based SoC for smartphones and tablets. The eight-core processor presented in 2023 consists of two quad-core clusters, each made up of 4 Cortex-A55 cores.

The faster quad cluster operates at a clock frequency of up to 1.8 GHz and offers 128 KB L2 cache per A55 core, while the second cluster clocks at up to 1.4 GHz and only offers 64 KB L2 cache per core.

In another version of the Allwinner A523, the first quad cluster clocks at up to 2.0 GHz. The ARM Mali-G57 MC1 is used as the graphics unit, which supports OpenGL 3.2, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0. A XuanTie E906 RISC-V PMU is also integrated.

The Allwinner SoC can control up to 4 GB DDR3/DDR4/LPDDR2/LPDDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR4X RAM and eMMC 5.1 flash memory. In addition to PCIe 2.1, USB 3.1 Gen. 1 and Gigabit Ethernet are also supported as interfaces. There is also an H264/H265 video decoder (up to 4K at 60 frames per second) and an H264 encoder (up to 4K at 25 frames per second).

The Allwinner A523 is manufactured with a 22 nm structure width.

ModelSamsung Exynos 850Allwinner A523
SeriesSamsung
CodenameCortex-A55Cortex-A55
Series: Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 850 « - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A5230.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A compare1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 850 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A523 « 0.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A compare1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Clock <=2000 MHz480 - 2000 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
4 x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology8 nm22 nm
FeaturesLTE Cat.7 / Cat.13, LPDDR4x RAM, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5), 48 MP Camera, eMMC 5.1, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, GalileoH.264 4K25 Encoding, 4K30 decoding, H.265 4K60 decoding, 32 Bit LPDDR4x memory controller, SD 3.0 / eMMC 5.1, Trustzone, Secure Boot, Security ID, USB 3.1, PCIe 2.1, RISC-V 200 MHz
iGPUARM Mali-G52 MP1ARM Mali-G57 MP1
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.samsung.comwww.allwinnertech.com
L1 Cache512 KB
L2 Cache768 KB
L3 Cache1 MB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Exynos 850
0.4 pt (29%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
18816 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2042     avg: 2108     median: 2109 (25%)     max: 2168 Points
min: 1517     avg: 1645     median: 1645 (19%)     max: 1773 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2015     avg: 2091     median: 2079 (24%)     max: 2190 Points
1883 Points (22%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 227     avg: 229     median: 229 (7%)     max: 231 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 852     avg: 853     median: 853 (3%)     max: 854 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 119     avg: 167.3     median: 178 (8%)     max: 183 Points
min: 167     avg: 169     median: 169 (7%)     max: 171 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 519     avg: 900     median: 1042 (2%)     max: 1087 Points
min: 778     avg: 797     median: 796.5 (1%)     max: 815 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
171 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
600 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
987 Points (10%)
min: 853     avg: 865     median: 865 (9%)     max: 877 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
4986 Points (6%)
min: 2498     avg: 2942     median: 2941.5 (3%)     max: 3385 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
827 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
2451 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
3276 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
965 Points (14%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 8326.9     avg: 8842     median: 8823 (10%)     max: 9397 ms
100%
A523 +
min: 8641.2     avg: 8707     median: 8706.8 (10%)     max: 8772.4 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 4875     avg: 5426     median: 5454.5 (5%)     max: 5904 Points
112%
A523 +
min: 5911     avg: 6113     median: 6112.5 (5%)     max: 6314 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
25 Points (7%)
112%
A523 +
min: 26     avg: 28     median: 28 (8%)     max: 30 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 35     avg: 36.8     median: 36.5 (8%)     max: 39 Points
112%
A523 +
41 Points (9%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 25484     avg: 29469     median: 28792.5 (24%)     max: 34806 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 20787     avg: 28847     median: 28119.5 (23%)     max: 38363 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 20716     avg: 21830     median: 22122.5 (4%)     max: 22360 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 45047     avg: 46029     median: 46132 (17%)     max: 46804 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 119981     avg: 126175     median: 125664 (12%)     max: 133391 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 121238     avg: 133665     median: 133304 (8%)     max: 146815 Points
min: 126757     avg: 131411     median: 131411 (8%)     max: 136065 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 36486     avg: 40832     median: 41451.5 (11%)     max: 43937 Points
min: 34895     avg: 37521     median: 37521 (10%)     max: 40147 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
10533 Points (1%)
2085 Points (0%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
8331 Points (13%)
7006 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 4894     avg: 5492     median: 5739 (27%)     max: 6065 Points
min: 5224     avg: 5487     median: 5486.5 (25%)     max: 5749 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 5433     avg: 5445     median: 5445 (36%)     max: 5457 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 6929     avg: 7021     median: 7021 (35%)     max: 7113 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
100%
1 A523 +
8.6 MB/s (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
100%
1 A523 +
87.8 MB/s (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
100%
1 A523 +
13 MB/s (16%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
100%
1 A523 +
127.1 MB/s (4%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 254     avg: 264     median: 264 (10%)     max: 274 Points
227 Points (9%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 0     avg: 1.9     median: 2.8 (1%)     max: 3.02 Watt
99%
1 A523 +
5.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 0     avg: 1     median: 1.2 (1%)     max: 1.894 Watt
100%
1 A523 +
1.2 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 850 → 100% n=16

Average Benchmarks Allwinner A523 → 87% n=16

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