Samsung Exynos 9810 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 – Which is the Better Processor for Samsung Galaxy S9?

2018 is another exciting year in the smartphone market and if you are on Android team, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus would still be the best choices. However, notice that not all Galaxy S9 phones have the same internal hardware.

In this case, you will have either the Samsung Exynos 9810 or the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. The two chips have very similar performance, connectivity, and multimedia features. Check out this post if you want to know the processor of different Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus model numbers.

Let’s check out the comparison below to see the differences between them.

Specifications

	Snapdragon 845	Exynos 9810
CPU	8 x Kryo 385 @2.8GHz	4 x M3(Cortex-A75) @2.9GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 @1.9GHz
GPU	Adreno 630: Open GL ES 3.2, Open CL 2.0, Vulkan, DirectX 12	Mali-G72 18-cores @700MHz
RAM	LPDDR4x	LPDDR4x
AI co-processor	Hexagon 685 DSP	VPU
Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 LTE modem: Download speed: 1.2Gbps Upload speed: 150Mbps	Custom Cat.18 LTE modem: Download speed: 1.2Gbps Upload speed: 200Mbps
Battery Charging	Quick Charge 4+ (USB PD Compatible)	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge, Fast Wireless Charging (Qi & PMA)
Wi-Fi	Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi ac/b/g/n with MU-MIMO	Dual-Band Wi-Fi ac/b/g/n with MU-MIMO
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Camera	32MP Single, 16MP Dual	24MP Single, 16MP+16MP Dual
Video Recording and Encoding	4K (3840×2160) @60fps, 10bit HDR, Rec 2020 color gamut, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), VP9	MFC, 4K (3840×2160) @120fps, 10-bit HEVC (H.265), H.264, VP9
Manufacturing	2nd-gen 10nm LPP FinFET	2nd-gen 10nm LPP FinFET

Benchmark Comparision

Here are some performance benchmark tests of the Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G960F with Exynos 9810 and SM-G960U with Snapdragon 845.

GeekBench

AnTuTu Benchmark

Processor	CPU	GPU	UX	Memory	Overall Score
Snapdragon 845	87,372	106,902	58,548	9,149	261,971
Exynos 9810	81,828	94,962	50,590	8,426	235,806