Product Compare
Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520 | 2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 2342 MHz |
| Cores | 10 | 4 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| Transistor count | 2 | |
| TDP | 11 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 653 MHz |
| GPU name | Adreno 530 | |
| Execution units | 1 | |
| Shading units | 256 | |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 11 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Yes | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Aug 2025 | Aug 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | MSM8996 Pro-AC |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 2648 | 391 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 9881 | 797 |