From Exynos to Kirin: the power of flagships with current processors was compared on video

A video was released on the Versus YouTube channel in which the author compared the performance of smartphones on current chipsets from major manufacturers. We are talking about models with Apple A16 Bionic, Google Tensor 2, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, Samsung Exynos 2200, Mediatek Dimensity 9000 and Huawei Kirin 9000.

On smartphones, they performed the same tasks that loaded the processor, as well as video and neurochips. These were both tests that simulate real use cases and benchmarks. For the purity of the experiment, the devices were left alone for 10 minutes between each round so that they would not overheat.

The first tests were carried out in Adobe Lightning. First, on all smartphones, the same preset was applied to a hundred images: 50 in JPEG and RAW. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra on Exynos 2200 was the fastest in this test, and the second was Xiaomi 12S Ultra with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip: it took them 17 and 20 seconds to do this work, respectively. Pixel 7 Pro (Tensor 2) finished at 31 seconds. The OPPO Find X5 Pro (Dimensity 9000), iPhone 14 Pro (A16 Bionic) and Huawei Mate 40 Pro (Kirin 9000) took 37, 39 and 53 seconds respectively.

Further, all processed images were exported. Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 performed best (7 minutes 2 seconds), followed by A16 Bionic (7 minutes 47 seconds). Kirin 9000 coped with the task the worst: 16 minutes 52 seconds.

The next task is to render a 4K video a little over a minute long in Adobe Premiere Rush. And here the iPhone finally showed itself: the process took 53 seconds, while Snapdragon and Dimensity did it in 01:33 and 01:39, respectively. Tensor 2 took a minute and 55 seconds, while Kirin took a whopping 5 minutes and 21 seconds. On Samsung, the app crashed, so it failed to complete the test.

After that, smartphones were checked for loading large Excel spreadsheets, and also checked in benchmarks, including AnTuTu, 3D Mark and Basemark 3.0. And despite the superiority of Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 in the first tests, it turned out that the A16 Bionic is still in the lead: it turned out to be the best in 5 out of 9 ratings according to the results tests.

The author also noted that the energy efficiency of all six processors is about the same level: although the difference in power is obvious, none of the smartphones has been discharged significantly more than the others.