{"id":54224,"date":"2016-03-28T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T09:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=54224"},"modified":"2016-03-28T01:55:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T00:55:44","slug":"galaxy-s7-exynos-vs-snapdragon-performance-and-battery-life-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/galaxy-s7-exynos-vs-snapdragon-performance-and-battery-life-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy S7: Exynos vs Snapdragon performance and battery life comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are a little different depending on where you buy them. Customers in the United States and China (CDMA nations) will receive a version with the Snapdragon 820 CPU, while those in the rest of the world (including the UK) will get an Exynos version (GSM).<\/p>\n

These different processors have different strengths and weaknesses, and you may find that you need to import a different model to ensure you get the loadout you want. Here’s a brief runthrough of the differences that have been discovered so far.<\/p>\n

Specifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nUS VARIANT<\/th>\nINTERNATIONAL VARIANT<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
PROCESSOR<\/th>\nQualcomm Snapdragon 820
\nQuad-Core, 14 nm
\n2 x 1.59 GHz, 2 x 2.15 GHz<\/td>\n		Samsung Exynos 8890
\nOcta-Core, 14 nm
\n2 x 2.6 GHz or\u00a04 x 2.3 GHz + 4 x 1.5 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAPHICS CARD<\/th>\nAdreno 530, 624 MHz<\/td>\nMali T880MP12, 650 MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEMORY<\/th>\nDual-Channel LPDDR4 1,866 MHz<\/td>\nDual-Channel LPDDR4 1,794 MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 CPU\u00a0is the same processor that’s used in other leading flagships in 2016, including the LG G5, Xiaomi Mi 5 and Sony Xperia X Performance. (The HTC 10, scheduled to be announced in April, is also thought to come with the Snapdragon 820). It’s a quad-core processor, with two cores at 2.15GHz and two cores at 1.59GHz. It’s backed with an Adreno 530 GPU at 624MHz and dual-channel DDR4 RAM at 1.866MHz.<\/p>\n

The Exynos 8890 debuts in the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, and is an octa-core CPU, with four cores at 2.3GHz and four cores at 1.5GHz. It’s backed with a faster GPU, the Mali T880MP12, clocked at 650 MHz, but slower 1794MHz DDR4 RAM.<\/p>\n

Performance<\/h3>\n

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In the Galaxy S7, the Snapdragon 820 appears to have faster single-threaded performance, while the Exynos 8890 does better in multi-core tests.\u00a0PhoneArena<\/em>‘s test suite<\/a> showed the Exynos variant do better at web browsing tests, while the Snapdragon variant outperformed Exynos in harder gaming benchmarks. So far it’s a dead heat, but things are about to become a little unbalanced.<\/p>\n

App speed & RAM management<\/h3>\n