Here it’s clearer that the difference is due to new improved scheduler reactivity as the workload isn’t necessarily throughput limited. Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855. The new Exynos 9820 doesn’t fall too far behind, and does represent a big boost over the Galaxy S9 in either versions.The Exynos 9820’s performance here represents a huge boost compared to the Exynos 9810. Besides some obvious software improvements, the new M4 microarchitecture also seems to have upped the performance. 13.82% faster CPU speed? Why is Samsung Exynos 9810 better than Qualcomm Snapdragon 835? The SoC is produced at Samsung in the new 10nm LPP process (the Exynos 8898 still used the 10nm LPE process) that should also help with some of the performance gains.The integrated LTE modem supports LTE-Advanced Pro Cat.20 (8CA 2 Gbps download, 3CA 316 Mbps upload). VS. Snapdragon 855 Plus. Here Samsung seems to have taken note of the scheduler slowness that has plagued the last 3 generations of Samsung SoCs.
We have to remember that Samsung’s chipset not only has to fix its microarchitectural efficiency issues, but also comes with a process manufacturing disadvantage as the chip is produced on a (theoretically) inferior 8nm process.The writing test is probably the single most important component of PCMark when it comes to representing the experienced performance of a device. Samsung claims 20% better performance than the 9810, which looks to be reasonable.Most importantly, there’s still one big open question: power efficiency.
While the average consumer won’t care whether it’s 7nm or 8nm, the Galaxy S10’s Snapdragon variant has been seen getting higher benchmark scores than the Exynos variant.
Still the new Exynos still shows a distinct performance difference to the Snapdragon counter-part, similar to what we saw last year.I kept things to a minimum and opted to just run PCMark and Speedometer 2.0 – both benchmarks are some of my favourite in terms of representing the true perceived performance and experience of a smartphone.
The Snapdragon 855 Galaxy S10 falls in line with the QRD’s performance, which is excellent.It’s to be noted that the comparisons I’m making today are all on the new Android 9 firmwares – I don’t have updated figures for the Exynos S9 or the Snapdragon Note9, but have the latest numbers on the Snapdragon S9 and Exynos Note9, which should be identical to their sister series' counter-parts.In PCMark’s Web Browsing test, the new Galaxy S10s both perform well.
Here Samsung seems to have taken note of the scheduler slowness that has plagued the last 3 generations of Samsung SoCs. Qualcomm has not officially announced the thermal design power (TDP) of the SD855, but we suspect that the SoC will reach a maximum of 5 W and will average around 3.5 W under load.The SoC is produced at Samsung in the new 8nm LPP process that should also help with some of the performance gains. As we’ve covered in our preview of the Snapdragon 855, the new Cortex A76 derived cores on a new 7nm process node showcase some outstanding efficiency figures.
Qualcomm praises the Snapdragon 855’s ability to maintain its performance when faced with sustained load, beating the Apple A12 Bionic SoC and the HiSilicon Kirin 980.The Snapdragon 855 also has a Spectra 380 ISP onboard, which is the world’s first chip to incorporate a Computer Vision Engine (CV-ISP) that can perform depth calculations in videos at up to 60 FPS.