As we know, Samsung ships its flagship Galaxy S series in two SoC variants namely the Qualcomm Snapdragon and their inhouse Exynos series SoC.
Previous generations of flagship Exynos chips have developed a reputation for providing inferior performance when compared to the Snapdragon counterpart but that might change this time around.
In a recent PhoneArena report, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 variant (codename Samsung SM-S908U) was pitted against the Galaxy S22 Ultra Exynos 2200 variants (codename Samsung SM-S908B) based on the Geekbench results of the two SoC variants. The data used in the comparison are the highest scores by both SoC variants and the results are quite surprising.
The Geekbench benchmark reveals that the Exynos 2200 variant scores 1168 points compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s 1226. In multi-core tasks, the Exynos variant edges out the Snapdragon variant scoring 3508 points compared to 3462 points from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
It is worth noting that the single-core performance of the Exynos 2200 variant of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is nearly double that of an earlier revealed Geekbench score of the handset back in November 2021.
Historically speaking, the Galaxy S Exynos variants have always had an issue with heat management and often fall off compared to the Snapdragon variants under sustained use, so it would be interesting to see if Samsung has made improvements in that area with their upcoming Galaxy S22 Ultra offerings.
The Geekbench 5 benchmark mainly focuses on CPU testing so the scores are not indicative of the SoC’s GPU performance.
On the subject of GPU, we know that the AMD-based Xclipse 920 GPU on the Exynos variants does not outperform the Adreno 730 in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 variant of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, however, the AMD GPU does offer ray tracing and variable rate shading support which can be considered a fair trade for the lack in performance.
On paper, it appears that the Exynos and Snapdragon variants of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra will offer similar performance which is great news for the regions getting the Exynos-powered Galaxy S22 series device this time around. However, sustained performance still remains up for debate, so stay tuned as we will be covering any notable developments on the subject.
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