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A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 10:41am On Jan 06, 2021 |
Samsung and Qualcomm are two giants of the Smartphone world who despite being bitter rivals, also work for one another. Today I want to talk about a brief history of Samsung Exynos vs Qualcomm Snapdragon. Samsung is a household name from back in the day. I loved their products in the past a lot. I had that slide to open phone from around 2008 and it was gorgeous. There was nothing then that was available to java phones that it couldn’t do. Samsung products also carry a lot of prestige too. Both then and now. While Nokia had a rugged feel and huge battery reputation, Samsung was the more sleeker and felt more premium. Even today, the feeling of using a Samsung phone still tickle a lot of people’s fancy. Lots of people would rather buy a low end branded Samsung A or J series device than to get a better option at the same price point. That would tell you that they have a strong brand name. Samsung Exynos They also make their own SoCs and brand them Exynos Once upon a time, Exynos chipsets were seen for a brief period as the best in the Android space. There are some people who still strongly hold on to that notion till now. Competing with Samsung’s Exynos from back in the day in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon. Samsung’s first SoC was made in 2000 and used in T-mobile’s Sidekick phone, but they did not release their first Exynos chipset till 2009. Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm released their first Snapdragon SoC in 2007. While Snapdragon quickly partnered with Google, Acer, Toshiba and HTC, Samsung preferred to keep their Technology for themselves. By 2012, the Snapdragon S4 (Krait core) had taken a dominant share from other Android system-on-chips like Nvidia Tegra and Texas Instruments OMAP which caused the latter to exit the market. All this while Samsung were quietly building and upgrading their Exynos. Samsung then was the largest shipper of Smartphones worldwide and so couldn’t really keep up with the demand of chipsets for their phones and so they decided to sign an agreement with Qualcomm to give them their flagship SoCs to cover the shortfall. The Samsung Galaxy S2 was the first device by Samsung to come with both Exynos and Snapdragon SoCs and so it continued until 2013. Snapdragon fails and Exynos rises The Snapdragon 808 and 810 were a disaster. They suffered from overheating, thermal throttling and battery consumption issues. They were so bad that Samsung refused to use Snapdragon SoCs for their Samsung Galaxy S6 phones as well as the Galaxy Note 5. At this point, Samsung Exynos had the best SoCs in the Android space and Qualcomm’s reputation had taken a huge hit. In 2016 though, Qualcomm went back to the drawing board with a huge focus on optimization. They built this new SoCs from the ground up using only their parts or buying companies that made parts and taking their technology. From CPU cores, to GPU, to ISP, to Modems etc. They made it all and branded it too. Qualcomm bounces back That same year, the Snapdragon 820 was released. It was a welcome development for the company and they soon followed with the Snapdragon 835. Samsung quickly included Snapdragon 835 on it’s latest Flagship of that year, Samsung Galaxy S8. Since then, it has been a slippery slope for Exynos. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon has been beating it year after year after year. Several Samsung Exynos vs Qualcomm Snapdragon flagship SoC comparisons have been held over the years. Snapdragon always comes out as the winner. A lot of consumers have complained that even though Samsung charges equal prices for both phones, the ones who get the Exynos variant feel cheated. To buttress this point, Samsung has fired and disbanded it’s R& ![]() How that may turn out remains to be seen. The Future Qualcomm have already dropped the gauntlet by releasing the Snapdragon 888. The SD888 is already turning heads so whatever Samsung have got better match up to it. That is if Samsung wants Exynos to remain relevant in the Smartphone world. https://inquisitiveuniverse.com/2021/01/06/the-rivalry-between-qualcomm-snapdragon-and-samsungs-exynos-a-brief-history/ 9 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by sagieramos(m): 12:32pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
Qualcomm's sha no wan give up. Imagine Glo were into chipset production, even 16bits UNISOC would have been 10x faster than best Glo chipset 4 Likes |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by theFilmtric: 1:10pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
Exynos is no where near SD theFilmtricsay sagieramos:a failed attempt at comedy ![]() theFilmtricsay 5 Likes |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Gptech(m): 1:34pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
I believe the woeful performances of the snapdragon 810 and 808 processors did good to the Mid range market. I think Qualcomm had to win people's confidence back and so decided to release a really powerful mid range processor in the Snapdragon 650/652, it was a huge success. 2 Likes |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 1:50pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
Why spambot ban Oga GPtech na? Honsule abeg come and chain these bots oh ![]() |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Gptech(m): 2:52pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
atheistandproud:Thanks oga atheistandproud and oga honsule, never even knew I was banned ![]() |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 3:37pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
Gptech: Welcome back sir. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by sagieramos(m): 3:46pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
theFilmtric:Odẹ boy. Who talk say Exynos is near SD? |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by theFilmtric: 4:04pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
sagieramos:the first statement was directed to/at the Topic in question Not you obviously theFilmtricsay |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 4:18pm On Jan 06, 2021 |
Thefilmtric and sagieramos E yaff do biko |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Topmaike007(m): 11:09pm On Jan 07, 2021 |
This your comparison is like someone comparing Toyota to Benz.. SD anytime any day |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 8:10am On Jan 08, 2021 |
Topmaike007: Lol no. Not exactly. There are people on this Nairaland who would pick a Samsung A50 with Exynos 9610 over a Redmi Note 9S with Snapdragon 720G. People rate Exynos very highly because it was very good before. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Topmaike007(m): 8:24am On Jan 08, 2021 |
atheistandproud:I get am before no be property jare... |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 10:32am On Jan 08, 2021 |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by smartty68(m): 2:52pm On Jan 08, 2021 |
Exynos is a low budget MTK! Please don't quote me because I'm having headache on my left leg... ![]() |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 10:02am On Jan 11, 2021 |
smartty68: This one weak me. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 10:28am On Jan 11, 2021 |
Gptech: This is the truth. The whole bloody truth. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by iTroll: 10:37am On Jan 11, 2021 |
exynos 9810 vs sd 845 who wins |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 10:10am On Jan 12, 2021 |
iTroll: 845 wins although the 9810 has better CPU cores but flops at GPU. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by gameboy727(m): 12:21pm On Jan 12, 2021 |
Very educative thread. Love it. 1 Like |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by atheistandproud(m): 10:18am On Jan 13, 2021 |
gameboy727: I'm glad you do. 1 Like |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by udemzyudex(m): 2:07pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
atheistandproud: Who are the people? |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by thepoweruser(m): 2:55pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Topmaike007: smartty68: sagieramos:Y'all are really amusing me. So what y'all gonna be saying about the Exynos 1080 or even the just announced Exynos 2100? 1 Like |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by thepoweruser(m): 3:08pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Gptech:@Gptech Look, you all shouldn't be taking sides here. We're the consumers here, competition is never a bad thing (look at Intel before the return of AMD). Competition is good for everybody. It drives costs down and brings about innovation (compare the smartphone scene and the difference between phones of the year 2017-2018 and 2020-2021). Exynos is Qualcomm's biggest rival after MediaTek. Qualcomm have basically been sitting on their asses. For example, they were smug about the Snapdragon 765G being the chip to take 5G mainstream. Then Mediatek began their attack with the Dimensity series and now they were the ones that brought 5G to even lower price points. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Topmaike007(m): 3:33pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
thepoweruser:let's wait till SD announce there flagship too |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Gptech(m): 4:42pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
thepoweruser:No, I am not taking sides even though I have my personal preference. Competition is favourable to consumers as you rightly said ; that's what we need to get the best value for money. If not for Exynos that outperformed Snapdragon in that fateful year, I believe we would be getting performances of at least 3 years ago in 2021 phones. MediaTek currently is doing great! They are the ones actually putting the likes of Qualcomm on their heels, if not we would have been made to pay with an arm for recent innovations like 5G. 1 Like |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Rareoil(m): 4:57pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
theFilmtric: Exynos 2100 will shock you. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Rareoil(m): 5:01pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
thepoweruser: Thank you. Someone said Exynos is low budget MTK. People will just open their mouth waaaa and be talking off point. |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by theMagnet: 6:50pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by theMagnet: 6:53pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Rareoil:This is theFilmtric Same way SD/MTK Dimensity would in their coming flagship releases |
Re: A Brief History Of The Rivalry Between Qualcomm Snapdragon And Samsungs Exynos by Rareoil(m): 8:11pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
theMagnet: Brov that was then, Exynos 2100 is as fast as snapdragon 888 now. |
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