Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy vs Samsung Exynos 2400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2022 and manufactured in 4 nm at TSMC (N4P). It integrates four different CPU clusters. A fast and big prime core based on the ARM Cortex-X3 architecture and clocked at up to 3.36 GHz for 64 bit applications. Two more ARM Cortex-A715 based performance cores clocked at up to 2.8 GHz (also only for 64 bit apps). Two more Cortex-A710 performance cores at up to 2.8 GHz that can also be used for older apps and three efficiency cores (ARM Cortex-A510 with up to 2 GHz). All cores can use the shared 8 MB level 3 cache. Compared to the normal SD 8 Gen 2, the "for Galaxy" version offers a 160 MHz higher clocked prime core.
Thanks to the new architecture and high clock rates, the SD 8 Gen 2 is the fastest mobile CPU for Android based devices and is only topped by current Apple SoCs like the Apple A16 (see benchmarks below).
The chip also integrates a Hexagon accelerator for AI workloads (tensor, scalar and vector). Qualcomm states that its one of the first chips with INT4 support and up to 4.35x performance compared to the previous generation.
The 18-Bit-Spectra ISP is able to process photos with up to 200 MP and work with videos up to 8k30 (including 10-bit, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision).
A big improvement of the Snapdragon 8 G2 is the integrated Adreno 740 GPU, that now supports Hardware Raytracing and tops even the iGPU in the Apple A16.
The integrated AI Engine can offer up to 4x faster AI performance thanks to the bigger Tensor engine. The 18-Bit-Spectra-ISP also saw some big improvements and is now called Snapdragon Sight.
The integrated Adreno 730 offers a 30% graphics boost compared to the previous Adreno 660.
The integrated Snapdragon X70 5G modem is also new as is the FastConnect 7800 modem with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 support.
Samsung Exynos 2400
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The Samsung Exynos 2400 is a top-class SoC for smartphones and tablets. It integrates 10 ARMv9 CPU cores in 4 clusters.
The CPU performance in our benchmarks is comparable to an older Apple A15 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and remains slightly behind the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and also Apple A16 behind.
Samsung's integrated graphics card (iGPU) is an Xclipse 940 GPU which is based on the AMD RDNA 3 architecture.
Wireless connections can be established with the Exynos via 5G NR Sub-6GHz (9.64 GHz uplink), mmWave (12.1 GHz), GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo.
The Exynos 2400 is manufactured in the 4nm LPP+ process at Samsung.
| Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy | Samsung Exynos 2400 | ||||||||
| Codename | Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) | Cortex-X4 / A720 / A520 | ||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 | |||||||||
| Series: Snapdragon 8 Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) |
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| Clock | 2000 - 3360 MHz | 2000 - 3200 MHz | ||||||||
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | |||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 1 x 3.4 GHz ARM Cortex-X3 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A715 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A710 3 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A510 | 10 / 10 1 x 3.2 GHz ARM Cortex-X4 2 x 2.9 GHz ARM Cortex-A720 3 x 2.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A720 4 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A520 | ||||||||
| Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||
| Features | Adreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory Controller | |||||||||
| iGPU | Qualcomm Adreno 740 | Samsung Xclipse 940 | ||||||||
| Architecture | ARM v9 | ARM | ||||||||
| Announced | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | semiconductor.samsung.com |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy → 100% n=21
Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 2400 → 97% n=21
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
