Exynos 2100 is a big step up from 990, still behind Snapdragon 888

02 February 2021
But the difference between the two 2021 chipsets is negligible.

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Exynos throttles like hell. Never buying any phone with exynos

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    • ypc
    • 02 Feb 2021

    no matter how high is exynos's benchmark, the real life perfomance will be the worst.

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      • anon
      • 8xR
      • 02 Feb 2021

      Can anyone confirm if big differences are mainly in gaming mode? I rarely game, mostly I use camera and social media.

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        • AnonD-940827
        • 8pQ
        • 02 Feb 2021

        Exynos will always be behind snapdragon.! No matter what a single point win shows.!

          Strange how the X1 in Snapdragon 888 has a higher score than the X1 in Exynos 2100 despite lower clocked. 3W is still manageable when the Apple A14 Firestorm reaches up to 5W. What actually consumes so much power is the GPU which is why Xiaomi Mi 11 takes the crown as the hottest phone ever. No point having high peak performance when it gets throttled significantly but I also wouldn't want my hands toasted.

          It's great to see ARM is making architectural upgrades but it's overkill for smartphones. I hope it could be implemented on laptops or maybe desktops?? Seeing how they can dissipate heat better and allow higher wattage. Look at Apple Silicon, Apple is very optimistic of its performance.

            IpsDisplay, 02 Feb 2021Golden reviewer is a pretty legit channel love his stuff ... moreIdk if it's so much the X1 core as it is the fake 5nm architecture. (I say fake because manufacturers haven't been telling the truth about their nodes since 350nm)

              Saw his videos.. SD888 got good result, but the thermal is worrisome..

                jamalu96, 02 Feb 2021seems like the TSMC's 7nm is efficient than Samsung�... moreDo you even understand what fab process means?

                  of course it's behind Snapdragon. Samsung always want to scam their customers with their Exynos crap.

                    Golden reviewer is a pretty legit channel love his stuff

                    Seems like the X1 core sucks

                    The dimensity 1200 did not use the X1 and that seems to be a blessing/advantage this time around


                    Someone also mentioned that samsungs power save mode actually works like an overclocked mode based on golden reviewer tests

                      Shanti Dope, 02 Feb 2021Depending on who uses the chipsets, different brands of pho... more"in which Xiaomi really messed up the heat dissipation structure on that particular model"
                      I don't think they mess up anything. They simple don't care about the heat in pursue for performance. That's how chinese have been working for years: bigger numbers.
                      If you see the 3dmark performance charts, it's quite obvious that Samsung don't let the chip went as hotter (which is ideal) and prefer to throttle it in a curve.

                      And there's only one Galaxy exynos and snapdragon comparison out there (that I'm aware of) from that Gary guy in which the exynos has 20 more minutes or so, but it loses peak performance much faster. This is expected given the trade-off, but doesn't prove anything at all.

                      The problem with both socs it's that they are more power-hungry than last year's 865 and can get much much hotter (probably from the Samsung's process) meaning that passive cooling solutions can't deal with it.
                      I don't expect a much better result from one plus tbh, at least not to maintain the performance that longer.

                        Shanti Dope, 02 Feb 2021Depending on who uses the chipsets, different brands of pho... more” If anything, playing GenShin Impact on the Exynos and Snapdragon at maximum settings proved that the latter is able to maintain an almost stable 60fps, with minor fluctuations between 58 to 59”

                        This was Samsung faking and cheating the results. Golden reviewer already exposed this. https://youtu.be/LaygCP0rq3Q real performance is really bad, propably worst from flagship phones in the market.

                        I have a feeling Samsung did this cheating because they knew they will perform lot worse than iPhone 12.

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                          • 02 Feb 2021

                          [deleted post]I've met chinese young tourists when I was in Italy, hiking in Lavaredo area. I was impressed as they gave me a ride to Venice, they were extremely polite, they even opened the door of the car for me. Truly impressed. Quality education and leaving a good lasting impression. They didn't seem like victims in need to be "saved".

                            Shanti Dope, 02 Feb 2021Depending on who uses the chipsets, different brands of pho... moreWhose test are you talking about? Golden reviewers devices scored pretty bad in genshin. https://youtu.be/4bZpTD3T5Vc

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                              • 02 Feb 2021

                              so as always this basically means no difference for an average daily user.

                                Zion45, 02 Feb 2021But real usage and 80% of Testings shows Exynos 2100 manage... moreDepending on who uses the chipsets, different brands of phones have different heat management. Perhaps you based your conclusion on a comparison between the Xiaomi Mi 11 and Galaxy S21 Ultra Exynos, in which Xiaomi really messed up the heat dissipation structure on that particular model, so the best comparison here is between the Exynos and Snapdragon versions of the S21 Ultra.
                                Here, it was said that the Snapdragon still has the upper hand in terms of the X1 core comparison, while the A78 cores comparison goes to the Exynos, but power draw is still higher on the Exynos since every cluster of cores that it has is clocked higher than the Snapdragon, yet there's not that big of an improvement either.
                                If anything, playing GenShin Impact on the Exynos and Snapdragon at maximum settings proved that the latter is able to maintain an almost stable 60fps, with minor fluctuations between 58 to 59, and lowest at around 51fps, but definitely not lower than 50fps, in which the Exynos throttled down to around 48fps when running the game at virtually the same period of time.
                                Of course this is just nitpicking at this point, since both will deliver a fantastic experience in real life usage anyway, and there won't be any major difference when just running basic smartphone tasks, as both are built exactly on the same Samsung's 5nm process.

                                  But real usage and 80% of Testings shows Exynos 2100 manages battery and heat better than Snapdragon 888.. Snapdragon 888 gets hoter and battery drains faster than Exynos 2100 version Experience it yourself

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                                    Mohammed.althwadi, 02 Feb 2021lol just do some research and homework and you'll be s... moremohamed, don't get caught-up on where the chips are fabbed, but rather where they are designed. As they are all fabbed in Asia, but the designs trace to differing continents.

                                      Mohammed.althwadi, 02 Feb 2021lol just do some research and homework and you'll be s... morewell, TSMC 5n have ~ 30% more transistor density compared to the Samsung's. Just look at the GPU side. Even with the same Mali-G78, the Kirin has more cores compared to the Exynos.

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                                        • 02 Feb 2021

                                        Does Qualcomm buying Nuvia bring immediate improvements next year??

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