Samsung Exynos 9820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.73 GHz – Mongoose M42x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A754x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2730 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
8 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
8.5
-
TDP
9 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP12
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
702 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
12
-
Shading units
36
512
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
-
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
33.4 Gbit/s
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
-
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 20
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2000 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 316 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2018
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
S5E9820
SM8850
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Hexagon

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
648,880
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
747
3,834
Geekbench 6
2,333
12,396
FP32 (float)
607
3,686