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00:00Is that kissing or was that fighting?
00:09I don't know.
00:10Anyway, hey guys, I'm Tom of TechJap and here we go again, two Galaxy S22 Ultras which are
00:16otherwise identical, well except for the colour, I've got Phantom Black and also this very
00:19tasty Burgundy which I think is my favourite colour, but also with completely different
00:24SOCs.
00:26And historically the Qualcomm Snapdragons have always been better although Samsung has
00:30been closing the gap recently.
00:32So how does the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 stack up to the Exynos 2200?
00:39Well before we even get to the performance and the battery and the camera comparisons,
00:43there is one big difference that you guys need to know about and that is in the camera
00:47app.
00:48Because if you go to portrait mode you can see the Snapdragon uses feet and the Exynos
00:52uses metres.
00:54I would love it if that was the biggest difference because the whole point is we want these to
00:57be the same, we want parity, not one to be better than the other.
01:01On a more serious note, one difference between them physically actually is if we pop out
01:06the SIM card trays you can see the Snapdragon only has room for one physical nano SIM plus
01:11support for eSIMs while the Exynos has room for two nano SIMs and also an eSIM.
01:16Now because I live in the middle of absolutely nowhere I haven't yet been able to test if
01:20the Snapdragon US version works on 5G networks here in the UK but in the past they haven't
01:27and I don't believe it does still now.
01:29Although I would recommend putting it into global network mode and actually one suggestion
01:34from a lot of people is to import from say Hong Kong rather than the US as that's more
01:38likely to work on our 5G spectrum.
01:41Okay let's get to the fun bit.
01:42Which one of these is faster?
01:45Well these are the specs and you can see the breakdown of the different chips.
01:49So both models here have 12 gigs of RAM and 256 storage and I've also set them both to
01:53the maximum 8 gigs of RAM plus.
01:56Also we are running the latest March software on both which actually did include quite a
02:00few fixes.
02:02So kicking things off in the Antutu benchmark we're looking at a very modest 3.5% boost
02:07on the Snapdragon although actually you can see it's the GPU with that 11% higher score
02:12that's having the biggest impact.
02:14However the Snapdragon did get a little bit hotter and also used slightly more battery.
02:20Next up in Geekbench 5 and the Snapdragon is 6% faster in single core but actually 3%
02:25slower in multi-core so it's fairly even.
02:29But then in 3DMark, the 20 minute wildlife extreme stress test, the Snapdragon has a
02:34solid 14% higher peak score although they do share similarly low scores and actually
02:39the Exynos has a slightly higher stability score.
02:43So it looks like the CPUs are pretty similar although there does seem to be a bit of a
02:47boost for the GPU on the Snapdragon variant, possibly though at the cost of more throttling
02:53at least in that 3DMark test.
02:54But how does all this translate to games?
02:57Well if we fire up a bit of Genshin Impact and with everything maxed out, actually neither
03:02phone could hit a stable 60fps consistently.
03:05In fact as a side note, only the Red Magic 7 that I recently tested with a Snapdragon
03:108 Gen 1 and crucially an active cooling fan could keep that throttling at bay and then
03:15play it flawlessly.
03:17Anyway as you can see, both phones are dropping frames but the Snapdragon was noticeably smoother
03:22for the first 5 minutes or so until it started to heat up and then I saw the frame rate drop.
03:27Whereas I saw the Exynos start to dip almost immediately and then I don't think I ever
03:31saw it hit the 60fps mark again.
03:34Now thanks to this GameBench Pro tool, after 10 minutes of gaming, the median fps was 50
03:40on the Snapdragon versus 46 on the Exynos.
03:43And also you can see on the Snapdragon's frame rate graph that it does sustain a higher fps
03:48for longer than the Exynos.
03:50The other problem with the Exynos is that in quite a few games actually it seems, we're
03:54not seeing the same graphics and even frame rate options that we do on the Snapdragon
03:59version.
04:01Here in PUBG for example, anything above HD is not available or just coming soon, whereas
04:06on the Snapdragon I can do HDR, I can have the Ultra HD textures which I've got downloading
04:11here and the frame rate can hit 60fps versus just 30 on the Exynos.
04:17So not only is the Snapdragon faster by around 10% or so, but in those games at least, I'm
04:22sure many others were getting better support mainly because Snapdragon and Qualcomm chips
04:26are so much more ubiquitous and common developers are going to optimise their games and apps
04:31for that before the Exynos variant.
04:33So I'm sure that will change and improve with time, but who knows when.
04:37And so right now, despite all the hype around Radeon DNA and the new Exynos graphics, the
04:42Snapdragon is a better choice for gaming.
04:45But I think even more important than that is battery life and actually I remember in
04:49the past with the Exynos 990 on the S20 and the Note20, we saw a good sort of 10% longer
04:55battery on the Snapdragon version over the Exynos, which was a bit unforgivable really.
05:01Well the good news is that these two are almost exactly the same.
05:05I would even say any difference between them is within the margin of error and in fact
05:09I found they both left me with about 35% by 11pm after a full day of use.
05:14So while the point goes to the Snapdragon for performance, when it comes to battery
05:18life I'm very happy to say that they are pretty much the same.
05:22Okay let's talk about these cameras and before I tell you which is which, can you see much
05:27difference and do you prefer one over the other?
05:32Well going back to the portrait shot of me and the Exynos is on the left, Snapdragon
05:36on the right and actually if we zoom in, the Snapdragon is noticeably more detailed.
05:40The texture on my face and also my skin tone is a little bit oversaturated on the Exynos.
05:46So I spent most of yesterday staring at these photos side by side to pick out any significant
05:51differences and while they are both very very good, there are a few patterns.
05:56Generally speaking and to my eye, the Snapdragon's shots are a little bit sharper and more detailed
06:01and at the same time gives us slightly better noise reduction.
06:04If you really zoom in on the Exynos, you can see it's quite grainy and noisy in comparison.
06:09The Snapdragon's dynamic range also seems to perform a little bit better.
06:13You can see the difference here with the bulb and the lampshade.
06:17Although the Exynos does tend toward lighter shadows and contrast so we do get more information
06:21and we see more in darker areas and actually can overall result in a brighter looking shot.
06:27But what about low light and night time shots though?
06:30This is usually where we see the biggest difference.
06:33Well see what you think and firstly here in my living room as I'm watching some TV, there
06:37is a big difference in colour and if we zoom in, again you can see we've got better noise
06:42reduction on the Snapdragon although we do lose a tiny bit of detail in the process.
06:47Now to be honest with you, quite often there's really not much between them.
06:50It does seem to mainly come down to the Exynos being a little bit warmer, a touch more saturated
06:55and a bit noisier.
07:02Then up front with the selfie camera and it is a similar story with the Exynos being a
07:06touch brighter versus the slightly more heavier contrast on the Snapdragon but which one do
07:11you prefer?
07:12Alright, welcome to the studio which is a bit of a mess, I've made no effort to clean
07:18things up as you can see but this is being shot at 4K 30 on the rear cameras on both
07:24and let's see if there's much difference.
07:26This is my yellow sofa and I can see a slight difference in colour, it's a little bit more
07:33saturated, a little bit more orangey perhaps on the Exynos, I'm not sure what you guys
07:37think.
07:38In fact, let me show you this, this is my very fancy table, it's from a company called
07:43Cityfuss.
07:44Interesting, alright let's back up a little bit.
07:47So we've got the setup over here right now, I have my LG 38th inch ultra-wide and the
07:52new Apple Studio display.
07:56Interesting, I mean they are very close, it's subtle differences, slight vibrancy and saturation
08:01differences, a little bit in the dynamic range but it's a pretty tough call.
08:07What do you guys think?
08:08Doc and Marty.
08:17Although the Snapdragon is noticeably brighter in super dark conditions but at the expense
08:28of a lot more noise and actually in a reversal of what we saw in good light at night time
08:33or in really tricky conditions like this, the Snapdragon is actually smoother and less
08:38shaky.
08:41Look at this though, you can really see the Exynos' noise reduction kicking in here.
08:45It does seem to introduce a little bit of wobble and artifacting but it is significantly
08:49less noisy than the Snapdragon.
08:51So it seems for photography, the Snapdragon is less noisy but for video, it's the Exynos.
08:59But what about front-facing video and also the microphone?
09:02So this is being recorded at 4K on both side by side and if I little spin around, change
09:08the lighting, in fact look at that, let's put some direct sunlight on my face, see how
09:12it handles that super bright light.
09:17You guys are going to have to tell me how this looks in the comments, it's tricky for
09:20me to see.
09:21There is a difference, it just goes to show how much difference the processing with the
09:26ISP on the chip can make because really this is the same camera hardware.
09:34Clear as mud then, right?
09:35Well when it comes to photography and the cameras, I think overall I am slightly leaning
09:40towards preferring the Snapdragon but they both have their pros and cons and I don't
09:45think there's a drastic difference between them, certainly not enough for you to say
09:48I don't want the Exynos and actually have to import this just for the better camera
09:52but as I'm lucky enough to have them both here, when it comes to the camera, I would
09:57probably take the Qualcomm Snapdragon.
09:59And also of course in terms of performance, it did perform better in games although as
10:03I say in terms of battery life, neck and neck.
10:06But the thing is, for most of us, this is all a bit moot because unless you're willing
10:09to ship a phone internationally and then deal with warranty and maybe even networking
10:13issues, you are a bit stuck with the one you get in your country.
10:17As I said at the beginning, what we want is parity, we want them to be as close to each
10:21other as possible.
10:22Now I do have to just give the win to the Snapdragon version, I think the difference
10:27between them is fairly insignificant to most people unless you're a hardcore gamer.
10:32So for me, I think I'm going to carry on using the Qualcomm version even though I don't think
10:36I'll actually be able to get 5G with us here in the UK but honestly I'm not losing much
10:40sleep over that.
10:41What is interesting though is Samsung's new Galaxy A33 and A53 phones which I recently
10:46had a play with are exclusively shipping with Exynos chips, the 1280.
10:50There is no Snapdragon variant and so I wonder if Samsung's end goal here is to do everything
10:55in house and save money and eventually push Qualcomm out.
10:59But that's not going to happen anytime soon and I have no doubt I will be here next year
11:02doing the same thing with the S23s as well.
11:05So if you did enjoy the video, a like and subscribe would be very much appreciated and
11:09I'll see you next year for that one.
11:10But also let me know what you make of this, if you think that's a significant difference
11:13and especially with the camera, did you prefer the Snapdragon or the Exynos?
11:18Thank you so much for watching guys and I'll see you next time right here on The Tech Chap.