Galaxy S21's Snapdragon 888 vs Exynos 2100 features and performance

If you thought that the Galaxy S21 series will be powered by Qualcomm’s next generation Snapdragon 875 chipset, an heir to the 865 in the S20, you are sorely mistaken, as it will actually breeze through tasks with an even next-er generation processor, at least as far as naming, the Snapdragon 888.

Cool naming, eh? Qualcomm announced the 888 at its Snapdragon Tech Summit keynote back in December, paving the way for an onslaught of Samsung, LG, OnePlus, Sony, and other flagships phones with it as soon as January, starting with the Galaxy S21.

Samsung, on the other hand, is gearing up to detail the Exynos 2100 with a dedicated unveiling event for the first time, yet benchmarks show it will sport Cortex-X1 cores with peak 2.9GHz frequency, 5G integration, and a modern 5nm EUV production method. Obviously, Samsung is pretty proud with what it has done this time around, so hopefully the dreaded Snapdragon vs Exynos model controversy can be put to pasture once and for all.

Snapdragon 888 vs Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 865 vs Apple A14 specs and features

All new Snapdragon 888 features

5G modem integration (longer battery life)
5nm Qualcomm X60 modem
6th generation AI engine on a new Hexagon processor
Fastest Adreno GPU graphics rendering on a Snapdragon ever
35% faster image processor (120 pictures per second at 12MP)

To top it all off, the 5nm production process of the X60 modem means huge gains in battery life in your phone’s 5G mode, something the iPhone 12 series badly needed at one point, as standalone 5G modems are battery hogs compared to integrated solutions like in Qualcomm’s own Snapdragon 7-series midrangers like the one powering the Pixel 5.

	Snapdragon 888	Snapdragon 865+	Exynos 2100	Apple A14
Production process	Samsung 5nm EUV	TSMC 7nm N7P	Samsung 5nm EUV	TSMC 5nm
Processor cores	1x Cortex-X1@2.84GHz 3x Cortex-A78@2.42GHz 4x Cortex-A55@1.80GHz	1x Kryo 585 (custom A77) @3.1GHz 3x Kryo 585 @2.42GHz 4x @1.8GHz	Exynos X1@2.9GHz	2x Firestorm@2.99GHz 4x Icestorm@1.7GHz
GPU	Adreno 660 @ 800MHz	Adreno 650 at 645MHz	ARM Mali	Apple custom quad-core
Modem	X60 5G modem (integrated) up to 7.5 Gbps over 5G, and 3 Gbps download speeds on LTE	X55 5G modem (add-on)	Exynos 5123 (Category 24) Downloads up to 7.3Gbps (mmWave), 5.1Gbps (sub-6GHz), or 3Gbps (4G LTE), 8xCA Uploads: up to 422 Mbps	Qualcomm X55 5G modem (add-on)
AI co-processor	Yes, Hexagon 780	Yes, Hexagon 698	Yes	Yes, octa-core Neural Engine
Video encode	8K HDR at 60fps 4K HDR at 120fps	8K HDR at 30fps 4K HDR at 120fps	8K HDR at 60fps 4K HDR at 120fps	4K HDR at 60fps
Features support	QHD+ @144Hz or 4K@60Hz display refresh Triple 14-bit Spectra 580 ISP, up to 200MP sensor 4K computational HDR, low-light capture architecture Qualcomm FastConnect 6900: Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-fi 6E (up to 3.6GBps)	QHD+ @144Hz or 4K@60Hz display refresh up to 200MP single or 2x64MP dual camera up to 16GB DDR5 Qualcomm FastConnect 6900: Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-fi 6E	UFS 3.0 storage support for up to 2.9GB/s speeds Single-camera up to 200MP up to 16 GB DDR5 Variable 120Hz display refresh rate	Computational photography Dolby Vision encoding and decoding Machine learning capable of 1 trillion operations per second

Galaxy S21, Plus and Ultra Snapdragon vs Exynos benchmark performance comparison

As you can see, the single-core Geekbench scores are roughly the same, while the Exynos 2100 multi-core scores excel but the difference could very well be due to the average clock speeds, as the Exynos cores have worked on higher frequencies during the benchmark test.

	Galaxy S21	Galaxy S21+	Galaxy S21 Ultra
Snapdragon 888 single-core	1075	1074	1104
Exynos 2100 single-core	n/a	1058	1088
Snapdragon 888 multi-core	2916	2964	2913
Exynos 2100 multi-core	n/a	3401	3475

The Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888 vs Apple A14 test, on the other hand, reveals an expected advantage for Apple’s chipset, again likely due to the much higher, nearly 3GHz clock frequency the test is carried out at.

S21 Ultra Snapdragon vs Exynos, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and S20 Ultra benchmark scores

Last but not least, the all-important Snapdragon 865 vs Snapdragon 888 comparison, as found in the Galaxy S20 Ultra and S21 Ultra, respectively, reveal a hearty per-core advantage for the S21 Ultra at a similar clock speed which bodes well for the new phone’s performance compared to its predecessor.

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