The Exynos SoC that will power the Galaxy S10 next year has been unveiled by Samsung today. The Exynos 9820 brings a number of improvements over the Exynos 9810 from last year, including 8K video recording, LTE speeds of up to 2Gbps, support for UFS 3.0 storage, and an 8nm manufacturing process. It also gets a dedicated unit for processing artificial intelligence tasks.
Samsung has the usual figures to throw at you to boast about the Exynos 9820’s capabilities, but how does it compare on paper with its predecessor? Find out in the comparison table below, and do let us know what you think about the Korean giant’s newest Exynos SoC. For more details on the Exynos 9820, check out Samsung’s official website.
Exynos 9820 vs Exynos 9810 specs comparison
| Exynos 9820 | Exynos 9810 | |
| Process | 8nm LPP FinFET | 2nd gen. 10nm FinFET |
| CPU | Dual-core (Custom CPU) + Dual-core (Cortex-A75) + Quad-core (Cortex-A55) | Up to 2.9GHz Quad-core (Custom CPU) + Up to 1.9GHz Quad-core (Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G76 MP12 | Mali-G72 MP18 |
| Display | WQUXGA (3840×2400), 4K UHD (4096×2160) | WQUXGA (3840×2400), 4K UHD (4096×2160) |
| LTE Modem | LTE-Advanced Pro Cat.20 8CA 2Gbps (DL) / Cat.20 3CA 316Mbps (UL) | LTE Cat.18 6CA 1.2Gbps (DL) / Cat.18 2CA 200Mbps (UL) |
| Storage | UFS 3.0, UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1, SD 3.0 |
| Memory | LPDDR4x | LPDDR4x |
| Camera | Rear 22MP, Front 22MP, Dual-camera 16MP+16MP | Rear 24MP, Front 24MP, Dual Camera 16+16MP |
| Video | 8K 30fps or 4K UHD 150fps encoding and decoding with 10-bit HEVC(H.265), H.264, VP9 codec | 4K UHD 120fps encoding and decoding with 10-bit HEVC (H.265), H.264, VP9 Codec |