Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra sustained performance and throttling test

21 February 2021
We did some torture testing on the two variants, just to see which one holds-up better under sustained load.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 22 Feb 2021

drape, 22 Feb 2021Why bother buying a thousand dollar flagship phone if you a... moreWhat if I wanted a phone with a good camera?

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    • 22 Feb 2021

    Alien Frm OuterSpace, 22 Feb 2021Which processor is better? Snapdragon all the way. There is an insane 21% difference in performance after an hour of heavy usage. Gamer or not, I think we could all agree that this is not a cheap phone and we want the best version available. Its no brainer to chose Snapdragon.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 22 Feb 2021

      drape, 22 Feb 2021Why bother buying a thousand dollar flagship phone if you a... moreYou are correct in saying that gaming isn't the only thing people do on their phones but it is the only thing that will likely max the CPU at 100% for any significant amount of time and for throttling to occur. And video editing on a phone, really?

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        • Anonymous
        • vI7
        • 22 Feb 2021

        Samsung is being unfair to Indians and Europeans by giving them a less performing chip and charging the same price.

        Why samsung why are we not good enough???

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          • 22 Feb 2021

          Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021Always take the phone with the better battery life. A faste... moreDid you even read the articles? There is insignificant difference in battery life of both exynos at snapdragon. While in performance there is a big difference. If you think 56% drop of performance of exynos is acceptable trade for a very small battery advantage compared to 77% drop in snapdragon you must be insane! m

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            • Anonymous
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            • 22 Feb 2021

            drape, 22 Feb 2021Why bother buying a thousand dollar flagship phone if you a... moreIt is what it is... A lot of people who buy phones like the galaxy s series and the iphones do so mostly for the social status, they don't necessarily need the computing power nor are aware of it.

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              • Alien Frm OuterSpace
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              • 22 Feb 2021

              Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021Most people who buy this phone are not hardcore gamers who ... moreWhich processor is better?

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                • Anonymous
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                • 22 Feb 2021

                drape, 22 Feb 2021Why bother buying a thousand dollar flagship phone if you a... moreGood point

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                  • 22 Feb 2021

                  Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021Most people who buy this phone are not hardcore gamers who ... moreWhy bother buying a thousand dollar flagship phone if you are not going to use its full capacity? Better buy a hundred dollar feature phone then. Almost 50 percent performance drop is no joke. Gaming is just a small pie here. How about 4k video recording, Streaming, Multi tasking, Video editing,? Did you think "gaming" is the only thing that could only throttle your CPU?

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 22 Feb 2021

                    YUKI93, 22 Feb 2021So the Exynos chipset has better battery life, but the Snap... moreAlways take the phone with the better battery life. A faster processor is useless if your phone's battery is dead.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 22 Feb 2021

                      Nick Tegrataker, 22 Feb 2021Are you seriously trying to dismiss this large difference i... moreMost people who buy this phone are not hardcore gamers who max the CPU at 100% for an hour or more. I doubt anyone will notice the difference in throttling.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • t7J
                        • 22 Feb 2021

                        Nick Tegrataker, 22 Feb 2021Are you seriously trying to dismiss this large difference i... moreTypical Samsung Fanboys. Almost 50 percent performance drop is a very big issue and these fanboys is trying hard to defend. No wonder Samsung became a greedy company these people will eat whatever Samsung feeds them. After Galaxy S8 everything became crap and greed

                          Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021They are just a bunch of crybabies. Snapdragon chipsets are... moreAre you seriously trying to dismiss this large difference in throttling behaviour as being "just a few points lower here or there in synthetic benchmarks"? Uh, ok..

                            Ejaz123, 21 Feb 2021Snapdragon is better in camera. Gsmarena why u didn't ... moreNot necessarily. It all depends on the camera's software. There's not much significant difference between the two in terms of the photo quality.

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                              • Fwz
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                              • 22 Feb 2021

                              nexsss12, 22 Feb 2021It doesn't even matter which chipset is better between... moreThe camera preferences are Not the same Sadly we tested them Q888 qhen mostly 9 of 10 shots /it's sharper and better pictures mean they used different type of camera sensors sony imx and Samsung isoCell /now which is which I don't know but i guess sony is on 888 / still we pay for less here /why not make the camera The Same.??

                                So the Exynos chipset has better battery life, but the Snapdragon chipset performs faster. Hmmm... it depends whether if you heaving gaming and computing on the phone. For someone like me who really likes to use DeX, I might take the Snapdragon version.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 22 Feb 2021

                                  Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021after 2 years one would really see the difference between e... moreSure 56 percent dropped performance in exynos compared to 77 percent drop in snapdragon is a
                                  LITTLE" difference. Anyone considering buying exynos version with almost 50 percent drop in performance is either retarded or insane fanboy.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 22 Feb 2021

                                    Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021Wait 8 months. All samsung phones get slower before 1 yea... moreThat is no longer true, in my experience. And my other phone is a OnePlus, so I know what 'lag-free' means.

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                                      • Siva
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                                      • 22 Feb 2021

                                      Heard exynos 2100 has some serious heating issue. Many complaints that within 5 mins of camera usages the temperature increased from room temp 28°c to 45°c and also the camera shut by itself. This is a huge increase. In summer the room temperature touches even 40°C, having doubt the phone may crosses 56°c.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 22 Feb 2021

                                        Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021Well, in daily life I've had absolutely no issues with... moreThey are just a bunch of crybabies. Snapdragon chipsets aren't that much better than Exynos. Just a few points lower here or there in synthetic benchmarks. Samsung should just use Exynos in all their phones and get rid of the Snapdragon variant. Then these crybabies won't have anything to cry about.