Samsung Exynos 7870 vs Intel Core i9-11900T

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Samsung Exynos 7870 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-11900T
Samsung Exynos 7870 Intel Core i9-11900T

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7870 or Intel Core i9-11900T - 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 7870 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7870 was released in Q1/2016.

The Intel Core i9-11900T has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-11900T was released in Q1/2021.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 (4) CPU group Intel Core i 11000 (22)
1 Generation 11
Cortex-A53 Architecture Rocket Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i9-10900T
-- Successor Intel Core i9-12900T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7870 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7870 is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Core i9-11900T has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-11900T is at 1.50 GHz (4.90 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900T
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

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 7870 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 7870 or Intel Core i9-11900T 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-T830 MP1 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 12
28nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
1 Compute units 32
16 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11 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.

ARM Mali-T830 MP1 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 7870 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i9-11900T supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900T
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 128 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 7870 is --, while the Intel Core i9-11900T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W @ 28 s
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 25 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7870 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i9-11900T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 7870 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900T
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price 439 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
115 (7%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1674 (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 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
452 (6%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
7680 (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 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
ARM Mali-T830 MP1 @ 0.60 GHz
20 (3%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz
666 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
963 (5%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
18282 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1538 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2055 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900T Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
8977 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 7870 Intel Core i9-11900T
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