Exynos 9611 vs Snapdragon 720g Full Benchmarks Comparison

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.