Exynos is Samsung's own ARM fabrication SoC. So, why is it still sourcing from what must be a more expensive Qualcomm? I have no idea but these benchmarks suggest that Exynos is the more powerful choice in the categories that matter to most people (browsing and keeping apps in memory).
This first manual benchmarking of the two shows that the Exynos is about 10% faster in opening apps but is a wopping 33% faster in re-opening apps that should have been kept in memory but in the case of Snapdragon, they were not. Strange since both systems have the same amount of RAM.
Samsung Galaxy S7: Exynos 8890 vs. Snapdragon 820 speed test - GSMArena.com news
This other site with a set of benchmarks shows that in the categories where the Snapdragon bests the Exynos, it does so by no more than 10% (mostly on graphics) but with the browser focused benchmarks the Exynos is better by 33% (Vellamo browser) and nearly DOUBLE the performance in the javascript centric "Sunspider" benchmark.
Samsung Galaxy S7: Snapdragon 820 vs Exynos 8890 flavors compared
On this last site, which is the least damning, you'll still find that the categories in which the Snapdragon bests the Exynos, it does so by about 10% but the categories where the Exynos is the better performer (GeekBench 3 multi-core & Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal) it is better by 20%!
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_edge-review-1409p6.php
These were not cherry picked sites but rather the first three benchmarks I found after researching this. I spend a good deal of time browsing web news articles on my phone and switching rapidly between apps. Therefore, it is distressing to me that the Exynos, which performs up to 33% faster at these tasks, is not available to people in the US and especially not to people like me who are with a CDMA carrier. The Exynos must be cheaper for Samsung to produce than it is for them to purchase from Qualcomm so why restrict their largest markets (US, China, Japan) from using the cheaper, superior performing product?
This first manual benchmarking of the two shows that the Exynos is about 10% faster in opening apps but is a wopping 33% faster in re-opening apps that should have been kept in memory but in the case of Snapdragon, they were not. Strange since both systems have the same amount of RAM.
Samsung Galaxy S7: Exynos 8890 vs. Snapdragon 820 speed test - GSMArena.com news
This other site with a set of benchmarks shows that in the categories where the Snapdragon bests the Exynos, it does so by no more than 10% (mostly on graphics) but with the browser focused benchmarks the Exynos is better by 33% (Vellamo browser) and nearly DOUBLE the performance in the javascript centric "Sunspider" benchmark.
Samsung Galaxy S7: Snapdragon 820 vs Exynos 8890 flavors compared
On this last site, which is the least damning, you'll still find that the categories in which the Snapdragon bests the Exynos, it does so by about 10% but the categories where the Exynos is the better performer (GeekBench 3 multi-core & Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal) it is better by 20%!
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_edge-review-1409p6.php
These were not cherry picked sites but rather the first three benchmarks I found after researching this. I spend a good deal of time browsing web news articles on my phone and switching rapidly between apps. Therefore, it is distressing to me that the Exynos, which performs up to 33% faster at these tasks, is not available to people in the US and especially not to people like me who are with a CDMA carrier. The Exynos must be cheaper for Samsung to produce than it is for them to purchase from Qualcomm so why restrict their largest markets (US, China, Japan) from using the cheaper, superior performing product?
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