Samsung Exynos 2200 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G

Samsung Exynos 2200

The Samsung Exynos 2200  is a high end SoC with 8 cores in three clusters. One fast ARM Cortex-S2 with up to 2.8 GHz for single thread performance. Three more slower ARM Cortex-A710 with up to 2.52 GHz for performance tasks and four efficient cores using the ARM Cortex-A510 architecture clocked at up to 1.82 GHz.

The SoC also integrates a 5G modem with up to 7.35 Gbps (5G NR Sub-6Hz, 5G NR mmWave, LTE Cat.24 DL / Cat.22 UL) similar to the Exynos 2100. In addition to this, an image processor for 200mP in single camera mode and 8K video, an AI engine with a dual-core NPU and DPS and various GNSS systems (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo).

As a first, the Exynos 2200 integrates a graphics card based on the AMD RDNA 2 architecture called Samsung Xclipse 920).

The CPU performance in our benchmarks was slightly below the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (fastest Android SoC currently) and the Apple A15 in the iPhone 13.

The chip is produced in the modern 4nm process at Samsung using EUV.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ (Plus) 5G Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in mid 2021 and manufactured in 5 nm at Samsung. 

Integrates one “Prime Core” based on a ARM Cortex-X1 architecture clocked at up to 3 GHz. Three more performance cores are based on the A78 but clock up to 2.42 GHz. Furthermore, four energy saving cores are integrated that are based on the ARM Cortex-A55 architecture and clock at up to 1.8 GHz. In addition to the processor cores, the SoC integrates a WiFi 6e modem, a Hexagon 780 DSP (up to 26 TOPS of AI performance) and a Spectra 580 ISP. The integrated memory controller now supports faster LPDDR5 memory with up to 3,200 MHz. 5G is now included in the chip with the Snapdragon X60 modem.

Compared to the older Snapdragon 888, the 888+ offers a slightly higher clocked prime core (+160 MHz) and a 23% faster Hexagon 790 DSP. Therefore, it is now the fastest Android SoC (at the time of announcement), but still slightly slower (CPU and GPU) than the Apple A14 and A15 Bionic SoCs.