Samsung Exynos 3470 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Samsung Exynos 3470 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
Samsung Exynos 3470 Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 3470 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 - 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 Samsung Exynos 3470 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 3470 was released in Q1/2014.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.45 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 was released in Q2/2013.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Samsung Exynos 3400 (2) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801 (2)
3 Generation 2
Cortex-A7 Architecture Krait 400
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 3470 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 3470 is 1.40 GHz while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 is at 2.45 GHz.

Samsung Exynos 3470 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 2.45 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Samsung Exynos 3470 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon QDSP6 V5

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 3470 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 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.

ARM Mali-400 MP4 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 330
0.45 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 3
28nm Technology 28 nm
1 Max. displays 0
4 Compute units --
64 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 DirectX Version --

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.

ARM Mali-400 MP4 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 330
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 3470 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 14.9 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 3470 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
LPDDR3-400 Memory LPDDR3-1866
Max. Memory 8 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 3470 is --, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 3470 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 3470 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 3470 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q1/2014 Release date Q2/2013
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 3470 (47%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 3470 (48%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (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.
Samsung Exynos 3470 Samsung Exynos 3470
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
74 (47%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
159 (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.
Samsung Exynos 3470 Samsung Exynos 3470
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
242 (48%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
501 (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.
Samsung Exynos 3470 Samsung Exynos 3470
ARM Mali-400 MP4 @ 0.45 GHz
16 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
Qualcomm Adreno 330 @ 0.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 3470 Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
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