Exynos 9611 with octa-core processor and Mali-G72 MP3 GPU up against Snapdragon 720g with Adreno 618. Below you will find a detailed comparison of both chipsets with AnTuTu, Geekbench, and gaming benchmarks.
While Exynos 9611 is only available in Samsung smartphones like Samsung Galaxy A51, Galaxy M31, and so on, you will see Snapdragon 720G in a variety of smartphones like Poco M2 Pro, Redmi Note 9 Pro/Pro max, Redmi Note 9S, Samsung Galaxy A72, Realme 8 Pro, and more.
Samsung Exynos 9611: specs, benchmarks, and smartphone list
Before we proceed to benchmarks, let’s take a look at the specifications comparison of Exynos 9611 and Snapdragon 720G
Specifications
CPU
| Snapdragon 720G | Exynos 9611 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8 2x 2.3GHz – Cortex A76(Kryo 465 Gold) 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55(Kryo 465 Silver) | 8 4x 2.3GHz – Cortex A73 6x 1.7GHz – Cortex A53 |
| Clock speed | 2300 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Fabrication Process | 8nm | 10nm |
| Architecture | ARMv8.2-A | ARMV8-A |
| L1 Cache | – | unknown |
| L2 Cache | – | unknown |
| L3 Cache | 1 Mb | unknown |
| TDP | 5W | 8W |
The Exynos 9611 is built on a 10nm fabrication process while Snapdragon 720g is built on an 8nm fabrication process, making it more power-efficient.
The Snapdragon 720g uses two Cortex-A76 clocking at 2.3 GHz for performance and six Cortex-A55 running at 1.8 GHz for efficiency. On the other hand, Exynos has twice the Cortex-A73 cores running at 2.3GHz for performance and they are backed by four Cortex-A53 1.7GHz efficiency cores.
GPU
| Snapdragon 720G | Exynos 9611 | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Adreno 618 | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| GPU clock speed | 750 MHz | 850 MHz |
| GPU execution units | 2 | 3 |
| Shading unit | 128 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 435 | 259 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Speaking of GPU, Snapdragon 720g has Adreno 618 running 750Mhz. It comes with an elite gaming feature, which provides you HDR visuals, color boost, and performance improvements. Samsung Exynos 9611 uses Mali-G72 MP3 GPU, it runs at a higher frequency of 850 MHz but has almost 2.5x fewer shading units.
Multimedia and Memory
| Snapdragon 720G | Exynos 9611 | |
|---|---|---|
| Display resolution | 2520 x 1080 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| Camera resolution | 1 x 32 megapixels 2 x 16 megapixels Max up to 192 megapixel | 1 x 24 megapixels 2 x 16 megapixels Max up to 64 megapixel |
| Video resolution | 4k @ 30fps | 4k @ 120fps |
| Storage | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| AI Engine | Hexagon 692 | Yes(name unknown) |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory speed | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Size | 8 GB | 8GB |
| Bus | 2 x 16 bit | 2 x 16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 13.91 Gbps | 11.92 Gbps |
For the AI, Snapdragon 720 has Hexagon 692 DSP. We can’t really compare it to Exynos 9611’s AI engine as we don’t have many details available about it.
The Exynos 9611 supports 24-megapixel single camera and a 16-megapixel dual camera. On the other hand, Snapdragon supports 32-megapixel single camera and a 16-megapixel dual camera along with features like ZSL and MFNR.
Connectivity and Other info
| Snapdragon 720G | Exynos 9611 | |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | X15, LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| Download speed | 800 Mbps | 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | 150 Mbps | 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5 |
| Release date | January 2020 | September 2019 |
In terms of connectivity, Snapdragon720G has LTE Cat.15 compared to LTE Cat.12 on Exynos 9611, resulting in 200 Mbps more download speed. The upload speed is the same for both.
Exynos 9611 is also lagging behind with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. It offers Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. Snapdragon 720g provides you latest Wi-Fi 6 along with Bluetooth 5.1.
Benchmarks
This is an AnTutu, Geekbench 5, and gaming benchmarks comparison between Exynos 9611 and snapdragon 720g.
AnTuTu
| POCO M2 Pro(SD 720G ) | Samsung Galaxy A51(Exynos 9611) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2,70,780(+29%) | 1,91,398 |
| CPU | 99,720(+39%) | 60,080 |
| GPU | 72,175(+32%) | 49,003 |
| Memory | 46,214(+5%) | 43,457 |
| UX | 52,671(+26%) | 38,858 |
Geekbench 5
| Single-core | 567(+42%) | 325 |
| Multi-core | 1762(+31%) | 1203 |
Gaming Performance
| PUBG Mobile (Medium) | 46 fps | 37 fps |
| Call of Duty: Mobile (Medium) | 49 fps | 41 fps |
| Genshin Impact (Low) | 36 fps | 27 fps |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (High) | 29 fps | 38 fps |
Conclusion
So, Exynos 9611 or Snapdragon 720, which one is better? There is no real competition here. Snapdragon 720 absolutely destroys Exynos 9611 in both AnTuTu and Geekbench scores. It also performs better in almost all games.
On top of that, Exynos 9611 is more power hungry and it’s slightly behind in connectivity options and better features. So for this battle, Snapdragon 720g is a clear winner.
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