Samsung Exynos 7884 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630

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Samsung Exynos 7884 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
Samsung Exynos 7884 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7884 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 - 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 7884 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 7884 was released in Q2/2018.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 was released in Q2/2017.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 (1)
2 Generation 5
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7884 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7884 is 1.60 GHz while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 is at 2.20 GHz.

Samsung Exynos 7884 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A73
A-Core 2.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
1.35 GHz
6x Cortex-A53
B-Core 1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 7884 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon 642

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 7884 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 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-G71 MP2 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 508
0.77 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
Bifrost 1 GPU Generation 5
16 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 0
2 Compute units --
32 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version 12.1

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-G71 MP2 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 508
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 7884 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 10.6 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 7884 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
LPDDR4-1866 Memory
Max. Memory 8 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 10.6 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 7884 is --, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 7884 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7884 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 7884 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q2/2018 Release date Q2/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 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 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
232 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
179 (77%)

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 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
829 (82%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1014 (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 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
254 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
198 (78%)

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 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
802 (94%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
854 (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 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.77 GHz
53 (32%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
Qualcomm Adreno 508 @ 0.65 GHz
163 (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 7884 Samsung Exynos 7884
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
1521 (82%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1850 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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