Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888: Benchmarking the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra versions

07 February 2021
We have some performance numbers of our own to go over and examine.

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Please GSMArena, do these test while marking the CPU temp. There is apparently much difference and don't start me on general throttle and ISP :/

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    • Anonymous
    • TRM
    • 08 Feb 2021

    Mali graphics finally catching up to Adreno. Exynos will have AMD graphics later this year. I guess that will completely trash Adreno?

      Actually in terms of battery Exynos varient is little bit better

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        • Anonymous
        • KSf
        • 08 Feb 2021

        Mrwhosetheboss did a video on this and he noticed a lot of difference between exynos and snapdragon version. IG they ran the tests one time, they must run these tests at least 5 times and judge by the average.

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          • Arbiter
          • ijg
          • 08 Feb 2021

          Please conduct a battery comparison between these 2 models.
          5% or even 10% of performance difference is not noticeable at flagship level. But 10% battery difference would be significant

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            • MrDong
            • xZI
            • 08 Feb 2021

            Anonymous, 08 Feb 2021Those people who are dreaming that exyons is much slower, c... moreI think the software has not been updated for any of the phones? Because looks like the SD is now performing better than the Exynos.

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              • Anonymous
              • Bw5
              • 08 Feb 2021

              I heard that both of them have thermal issues. Snapdragon 865 looks like a masterpiece now.

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                • Anonymous
                • Kxe
                • 08 Feb 2021

                Finally Samsung catch up with Qualcomm, this would be better future for us as consumer, if there is competition between brands, consumer would get best

                  You guys did some sustained performance & thermal tests a while ago (maybe a year or so), why not continue doing those for most phone? S888 is reportedly heating up a lot in Mi11 & iQOO 7

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                    • Anonymous
                    • PSB
                    • 08 Feb 2021

                    Those people who are dreaming that exyons is much slower, check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJuQaEG5KY

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                      • AnonD-920712
                      • txp
                      • 08 Feb 2021

                      after watch some tests, exy2100 performance is still behind the sd888.

                      But exy 2100 is good at power consumption and finally good enough to play hd games, also decent at running PS emulator

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                        • Anonymous
                        • LkB
                        • 08 Feb 2021

                        KimbraMe, 08 Feb 2021I do run intensive games for hours on end, we're stuck... moreAre you aware of European Union taxes?

                        Any electronic there is more expensive than USA.
                        If a product costs $1000 in USA, it is gonna cost at least €1000 in Europe. Which is $1203.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • LkB
                          • 08 Feb 2021

                          KimbraMe, 08 Feb 2021Are you nuts? The Exynos depicts less raw power and less su... moreGet a tablet.

                          Bigger screen is way better for games.
                          Also, you can easily play 9-10h in sequence.
                          Because of much larger body, tablet will never overheat.

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                            • Anonib
                            • K4{
                            • 08 Feb 2021

                            I would love to see a video comparison in daylight and at night. I really wanna know how good is exynos in low lights conditions... specifically in 4k 60fps (also 30fps) compared to sd888

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LkB
                              • 08 Feb 2021

                              KimbraMe, 08 Feb 2021Are you nuts? The Exynos depicts less raw power and less su... moreI see you can read, but cant understand.

                              Power used to do tasks has nothing to do with cpu power.
                              It is how much energy it uses.

                              Example: if SD888 version uses 10% for 20min of gaming, how much does exynos use? More or less?



                                Yeah now let’s see battery performance as well as thermal performance...

                                  Anonymous, 08 Feb 2021We all know SD888 runs cooler than exynos 2100. Run ant... moreI do run intensive games for hours on end, we're stuck in a mindless loop of a pandemic. Again, raw power and sustained performance are key. The Exynos version should be cheaper due to inferiority, but ironically, its price in Europe is higher than that of the SD in America and S. Korea. Did Samsung pay you to troll?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • U{6
                                    • 08 Feb 2021

                                    The snapdragon chip is better but Samsung insist of selling their exnos in India and the EU at the same price as the US.

                                    This is unfair and unethical.

                                      Anonymous, 08 Feb 2021I do not know why people give so much importance to benchma... moreAre you nuts? The Exynos depicts less raw power and less sustained performance than the Snapdragon. This is a complete rip-off. Apps nowadays are always power hungry, the need for resources will only grow. Even the camera images on the S21U SD version are much better! If you don't care about power, how about get along with a feature phone then?

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • LkB
                                        • 08 Feb 2021

                                        Domestoboto, 08 Feb 2021Didn't Mrwhosetheboss expose that the "global&quo... moreWe all know SD888 runs cooler than exynos 2100.

                                        Run antutu 5 times?
                                        Who does this?
                                        It is so stupid idea.