Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 vs Samsung Exynos 880

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 880
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Samsung Exynos 880

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 or Samsung Exynos 880 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 was released in Q1/2013.

The Samsung Exynos 880 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 880 was released in Q2/2020.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Samsung Exynos (46)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1) CPU group Samsung Exynos 800 (2)
2 Generation 4
Krait Architecture Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is 1.70 GHz while the Samsung Exynos 880 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 880 is at 2.00 GHz.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 880
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz
4x Krait
A-Core 2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A77
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz
6x Cortex-A55

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 880
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP6 AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 or Samsung Exynos 880 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Qualcomm Adreno 320 GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP5
0.55 GHz GPU frequency 0.72 GHz
0.55 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.72 GHz
3 GPU Generation Bifrost 3
28 nm Technology 7 nm
0 Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 5
16 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Qualcomm Adreno 320 GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP5
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 880 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 880
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR4X
8 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is --, while the Samsung Exynos 880 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 880
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 880 is manufactured in 8 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 880
28 nm Technology 8 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q1/2013 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (23%)
Samsung Exynos 880 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (23%)
Samsung Exynos 880 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
148 (23%)
Samsung Exynos 880 Samsung Exynos 880
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
645 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
429 (23%)
Samsung Exynos 880 Samsung Exynos 880
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1830 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Qualcomm Adreno 320 @ 0.55 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 880 Samsung Exynos 880
ARM Mali-G76 MP5 @ 0.72 GHz
260 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 880 Samsung Exynos 880
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
287445 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Samsung Exynos 880
Unknown Unknown

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