Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Samsung Exynos 4412

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 4412
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Samsung Exynos 4412

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Samsung Exynos 4412 - 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 820 Lite has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite was released in Q1/2016.

The Samsung Exynos 4412 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 4412 was released in Q2/2012.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (103) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3) CPU group Samsung Exynos 4412 (1)
3 Generation 2
Kryo Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is 1.80 GHz while the Samsung Exynos 4412 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 4412 is at 1.60 GHz.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz
2x Kryo
A-Core 1.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A9
1.36 GHz
2x Kryo
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Samsung Exynos 4412 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 530 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4
0.51 GHz GPU frequency 0.44 GHz
0.51 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.44 GHz
5 GPU Generation Utgard
14 nm Technology 28nm
0 Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 4
256 Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11,1 DirectX Version 0

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 530 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite can use up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 10.7 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 4412 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
LPDDR4-1333 Memory LPDDR2-400
8 GB Max. Memory
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 0
10.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is --, while the Samsung Exynos 4412 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is manufactured in 14 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 4412 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q1/2016 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Samsung Exynos 4412 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:


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 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.51 GHz
407 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4412 Samsung Exynos 4412
ARM Mali-400 MP4 @ 0.44 GHz
16 (4%)

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 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
335 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4412 Samsung Exynos 4412
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
864 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4412 Samsung Exynos 4412
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Samsung Exynos 4412
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Samsung Exynos 4412Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Samsung Exynos 4412 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
2. Samsung Exynos 4412Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 Samsung Exynos 4412 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 210
3. AMD E1-2100Samsung Exynos 4412 AMD E1-2100 vs Samsung Exynos 4412
4. Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 LiteApple A13 Bionic Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Apple A13 Bionic
5. Intel Core i3-1120G4Samsung Exynos 4412 Intel Core i3-1120G4 vs Samsung Exynos 4412
6. Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2Samsung Exynos 4412 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 vs Samsung Exynos 4412
7. Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 LiteQualcomm Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
8. Samsung Exynos 4412Intel Pentium 957 Samsung Exynos 4412 vs Intel Pentium 957
9. Samsung Exynos 4412Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 4412 vs Samsung Exynos 7578
10. Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 LiteQualcomm Snapdragon 212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 212


back to index