Which is the best smartphone processor

Ultimate smartphone processor clash

Snapdragon vs Mediatek vs Exynos vs Apple Bionic chip vs Kirin

Here you are going to see the complete compare and contrast between the top 5 smartphone processors of the year. Below we have mentioned all the pros and cons of all these four processors/SOC in detail so that you can choose the best one that suites to your daily smartphone usage.

But first lets do a quick survey on which processor is your smartphone running on.


Things you must know first

Before we compare and talk about these processors you must know some basic information about them. First of all, these days smartphone chip-sets are not just the CPU, It is a set of
  • CPU
  •  GPU 
  • Modem
  •  Image Processing Unit (ISP)
  • Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
  • System Memory 
  • Video encoder/decoder
This set of components in a chip-set is collectively known as SoC or System-on-a-Chip . And each and every smartphone chip-sets today are SoC. So for a fare comparison we would need to score the performance of each and every components of the SoC.

Here is the comparison between the five SoCs with their latest and high performance offerings

c

Snapdragon 865

Helio G90T

Exynos 990

A13 bionic chip

HiSilicon Kirin 990
CPU
 1x Cortex A77
3x Cortex A77 (2.4 GHz)
4x Cortex A55
(7nm FinFET)
4x ARM Cortex A55
4x ARM Cortex A76
(12nm )
2x Exynos M5
2x Cortex  A76
4x  Cortex A55
(7nm EUV FinFET)
2x Lightning cores
4x Thunder efficiency cores
2x Cortex A76 (2.86GHz)
2x Cortex A76 (2.36GHz)
4x Cortex A55
(7nm EUV FinFET)

162280
(AnTuTu benchmark)
98411
(AnTuTu benchmark)
216328
(AnTuTu benchmark)
147590
(AnTuTu benchmark)
145725
(AnTuTu benchmark)
GPU
Adreno 650
ARM Mali-G7
Mali G77 MP11
Apple A13 Bionic GPU
Mali G76 MP16

216328
(AnTuTu benchmark)
80297
(AnTuTu benchmark)
215197
(AnTuTu benchmark)
212608
(AnTuTu benchmark)
155886
(AnTuTu benchmark)
Modem
X55 5G Modem-RF System
Cat-12 4G  LTE WorldMode
Exynos 5123
Category 24
Intel XMM 7660
LTE modem
4G/5G modem

(9/10)
(8/10)
(9/10)
(8.5/10)
(9/10)
ISP
Spectra 480 ISP
3x ISP
Samsung Image Processor
Apple A13 Bionic Image Processor
Kirin ISP 5.0

(9/10)
(7/10)
(8.5/10)
(9.5/10)
(9.5/10)
Memory
LPDDR 4x, LPDDR5
2750 MHz
LPDDR 4x up to 10GB at 2133 MHz
LPDDR5-5500
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz

76930
(AnTuTu benchmark)
58327
(AnTuTu benchmark)
72567
(AnTuTu benchmark)
77309
(AnTuTu benchmark)
96773
(AnTuTu benchmark)
Heating
Overheating issues
Medium
Overheating Issues
Heating Issues
Medium

-1
+1
-1
-0.5
+1
Price
Expensive
Midrange
High
Expensive
High

-1
+2
-0.5
-1
-0.5
Extra features
(+2)
AI integration, 8k video recording and excellent ISP
Game centric midrange SoC and dual WiFi connection simultaneously
AI dedicated Neural engine and 8k video recording
Optimised with latest iphones , AI dedicated Neural engine
Optimal energy effieciency and upgraded AI intelligence
Benchmark
539184
(AnTuTu benchmark)
290373
(AnTuTu benchmark)
516138
(AnTuTu benchmark)
520670
(AnTuTu benchmark)
467369
(AnTuTu benchmark)





This above table shows it all clear about all of the SoCs mentioned. Bellow are the rankings of these SoCs on the basis of various categories.

Overall Worldwide Ranking

Rank
Processor
Smartphone
#1
A13 Bionic chip
Iphone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
Iphone SE2
#2
Snapdragon 865
Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra
Oppo Find X2, OnePlus 8 Pro, etc.
#3
Exynos 990
Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra
Galaxy Note 20
#4
MediaTek Dimensity 1000
Oppo Reno3 5G
 iQOO Z1 5G
#5
A12 Bionic Chip
Iphone XS, Iphone XS Max, XR
(Tie)
Snapdragon 855
Oneplus 7 series, Pixel 4 series etc.
#6
HiSilicon Kirin 990
Huawei Mate 30, Mate 30 Pro
Honor V30,

Ranking According To Budget (Affordable to Expensive)

Rank
Processor
Smartphone Price Range
#1
Mediatek G90T
$185-$240
#2
Snapdragon 730$200-$535
#3
MediaTek Dimensity 1000
$307-$385
#4
HiSilicon Kirin 990
$445-$840
#5
Snapdragon 855
$520-$575
#4
Snapdragon 865
A13 Bionic chip
$900-$1000+

Now you have all the information about these latest chip-sets for buying the smartphone with chip-set which best suits to your smartphone usage. 

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