Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's Adreno 840 graphics deliver significantly stronger gaming performance, with a 96 score compared to the Samsung Exynos 9825's 15.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offers slightly better battery life, with a 92 score compared to the Samsung Exynos 9825's 80, thanks to its efficient design.
The Samsung Exynos 9825 features a dedicated NPU for AI workloads, which provides a significant advantage in AI performance, although exact scores are unavailable.
99 | CPU Performance | 34 |
96 | Gaming Performance | 15 |
92 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 7 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU Model | Mali-G76 MP12 |
| Hexagon | NPU Performance | Yes |
| 3932243 | Apple A19 | 798922 |
| 1143736 | CPU | 296289 |
| 1439012 | GPU | 141109 |
| 409747 | Memory | 170792 |
| 939748 | UX | 190732 |
| 3932243 | Total score | 798922 |
| 3607 | Single-Core Score | 1035 |
| 10732 | Multi-Core Score | 2528 |
| 421.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 112.1 MB/sec |
| 238 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 72.6 pages/sec |
| 286.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 77 Mpixels/sec |
| 330.6 images/sec | Image detection | 46.9 images/sec |
| 308.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 84.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.7 images/sec | Background blur | 7.61 images/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 26.1 images/sec |
| 14.1 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 2.96 Mpixels/sec |
| 41 tests | Samples | 6 tests |
| 27343 | Compute Score (GPU) | 5214 |
| 51.9 images/sec | Background blur | 7.65 images/sec |
| 24.9 images/sec | Face detection | 4.79 images/sec |
| 0.72 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| 1 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.43 Gpixels/sec |
| 2.04 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.25 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.36 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.07 Gpixels/sec |
| 115.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 15.5 Gpixels/sec |
| 4390.2 FPS | Particle physics | 533.9 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 26 tests | Samples | 4 tests |
| 2736 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 393 |
| 2736 | Score | 393 |
| 78% | Stability | 96% |
| 20 FPS | Graphics test | 3 FPS |
| 12201 | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| 12201 | Score | 1003 |
| 46 FPS | Graphics test | 6 FPS |
| 53 FPS | Section 1 | — |
| 46 FPS | Section 2 | — |
| 39 FPS | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance | Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – M4 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 4610 MHz | Frequency | 2730 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 12 MB | L2 cache | 2 MB |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 7 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| 5300 MHz | Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 84.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 33.4 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 12 GB |
| Snapdragon X85 | Modem | Exynos 5100 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 12500 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps |
| Up to 3700 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 6 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 5 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Hexagon | Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| September 2025 | Announced | August 2019 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| SM8850-AC | Model number | S5E9825 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU name | Mali-G76 MP12 |
| Adreno 800 | Architecture | Bifrost 3rd gen |
| 1200 MHz | GPU frequency | 754 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 12 |
| 512 | Shading units | 24 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 288 |
| 3686.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 434.3 Gigaflops |