The Exynos 2100 Chipset Makes The Galaxy S21 Ultra's Battery More Durable Than The Snapdragon 888

Ponsel Galaxy S21 Ultra (Photo by Anh Nhat on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Samsung introduced the Exynos 2100 chipset early last month, a few days before the annual Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event was held. Now, Exynos 2100 has been implanted in several series. One of them is the international version of the new flagship smartphone Galaxy S21 Ultra.

As usual, Samsung always prepares two variants for the flagship Galaxy S series. Both variants are divided between products for the Chinese market and the United States (US) as well as for the international market. And for the Chinese market, the Galaxy S21 Ultra is supported by the Snapdragon 888 chipset.

Not infrequently, these differences invite complaints from loyal users. For example, the Global version of the Galaxy S20 Ultra series which was launched last year is equipped with the Exynos 990. Several months after Samsung launched the product, a flood of complaints was sent by users who bought the Global version of the Galaxy S20 Ultra.

Most users complain about the performance of the Exynos 990 which is considered unable to compete with the Snapdragon 865 - which is implanted for the US market version and various 2020 flagship phones. In addition, users also consider the Galaxy S20 Ultra to heat easily, which affects battery life and processing. application.

So, will the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which is equipped with the Exynos 2100 chipset, will invite similar complaints?

Performance still lags behind Snapdragon 888

SPECint result of Exynos 2100 vs Snapdragon 888 vs Exynos 990 and other flagship SOCs. Big improvements over Exynos 990 but still not quite as good as Snapdragon. Detailed explanation in the thread. pic.twitter.com/8d5fwCzUU5

- Golden Reviewer (@Golden_Reviewer) January 31, 2021

Samsung Electronics' President of System LSI Business, Inyup Kang, at the Exynos virtual event said that this chipset is armed with powerful technology with advanced 5G modems and power-efficient 5nm processing nodes.

"This is a new standard for future flagship mobile devices," he explained.

It's just that, another fact is obtained by the Golden Reviewer YouTube channel. Based on trials using the SPECint2006 benchmark platform, Golden Reviewer states that the Exynos 2100's performance is still inferior to the Snapdragon 888.

The most noticeable increase was obtained from the graphics processing side. Thanks to the application of GPU RDNA, the results of frames per second (FPS) are considered higher than Snapdragon. In addition, although the points of difference are not much different, the Exynos 2100 is proven to be able to produce high-quality graphics without increasing the CPU temperature.

Battery Life Exceeds Snapdragon 888

Apart from graphics processing, the Exynos 2100 battery test proved more capable than the Snapdragon 888. According to the PBK Reviews test, the Exynos 2100 is more efficient in terms of power management. In the video, the reviewers used two variants of the Galaxy S21 Ultra to compare battery performance directly.

The battery test, which was conducted for 30 minutes, was divided into several sessions. Two of the sessions were testing battery life and performance.

At the end of the video, the Exynos 2100 turns out to have a better battery management capability than Snapdragon 888. It's just 2% difference. That is, it is difficult to recognize in everyday use.