How is the processor divided in the Samsung Galaxy S7. Same, but better. Review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone. Processor type and memory parameters

Advantages

unrivaled system speed
fast autofocus
great camera
waterproof
microSD slot

Flaws

non-removable battery
Home button is difficult to press

Samsung Galaxy S7 test results

• Price-quality ratio
  Great
• Place in the overall ranking
  6 out of 200

• Price/quality ratio: 85
• Performance and Control (35%): 92.6
• Equipment (25%): 92.3
• Battery (15%): 87.8
• Display (15%): 95
• Camera (10%): 88.2

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A look at will make you grin: if in 2015 it was ahead, then with the release of the seventh generation of Galaxy devices, the situation changed to the opposite.

Despite the larger screen diagonal size, a useful set of display edge functions and a more capacious battery, the Galaxy S7 Edge was inferior to its “flat” and more affordable counterpart - the Galaxy S7 model (recommended retail price in Russia - 49,990 rubles).

There is absolutely nothing to say about its predecessor: the Galaxy S6, according to the overall assessment, lags behind the new Galaxy S7 by three percentage points. Why Samsung's new top-end model is currently unbeatable (almost) is explained in our test report.

Hooray! Galaxy S7 memory can now be expanded

With the return of the memory card slot, Samsung gave an answer to all the critics who condemned the S6: now with the help microSD cards you can increase the storage space of your Galaxy S7 by an additional 200 GB. The capacity of the built-in storage is 32 or 64 GB - there are no options with a different amount of built-in memory. Moreover, the latter option will not be available in all countries. We are not very sad about this fact, but this version is more convenient to use in Dual-SIM mode, when the memory card slot is occupied by a second SIM card.

Smartphones Galaxy S7 Edge and Galaxy S7 received a slot for memory cards

Samsung makes the Galaxy S7 waterproof

While the Galaxy S5, despite its removable battery, was protected from dust and moisture in accordance with the requirements of the IP65 standard, the Galaxy S6 did not have such protection. The new Galaxy S7 is “sealed” according to IP68 guidelines. Consequently, now the smartphone is not afraid of long-term immersions in water; dust and sand will not penetrate inside the S7 either. In conversations with Samsung, we found that dust and moisture resistance, along with the need to ensure compatibility with the Gear VR headset, played a key role in the decision against introducing the connector USB Type-C. Water protection has not yet been developed for this type of USB connector.

Samsung Galaxy S7: now waterproof with IP68 certification

Galaxy S7 is a pleasure to hold in your hands

In terms of workmanship, the Samsung Galaxy S7 has moved even further forward compared to its predecessor. We particularly like the sleek black mirror back of our review unit - at least until it gets marred by fingerprints. A pleasant tactile sensation is facilitated by the slight roundness of the body, which was implemented for the first time in this design in Note 5. The aluminum frame also adds a sense of expensiveness. Minimal criticism can be made Home button- it is relatively difficult to press.

The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones are comfortable to hold in your hands

No smartphone takes better photos than the S7

At the time of the test, the Galaxy S7 set a new record - so it is now a benchmark for other smartphones. Although the resolution is only 12 megapixels, the quality of images has improved significantly compared to the Galaxy S6.

The main camera of the Galaxy S7 is based on a new matrix

Samsung says that the pixel size of the matrix has increased from 1.12 microns to 1.4 microns. Together with the wider f/1.7 aperture, this allows each sensor element to capture more light. The result: laboratory photographs taken in poor lighting amazed us - the pictures turned out clear and almost free of noise. Daytime shooting results, in our subjective assessments, are better than those of the S7 Edge, since vignetting is less pronounced and the edges of the test photo look much sharper.

Autofocus is stunning in its speed even after prolonged use of the device. Here, Samsung has adapted the Dual-Pixel technology known from Canon products and uses two independent photodiodes per pixel. Strictly speaking, in terms of camera capabilities, we only lack a front-facing LED flash, and the “on-screen” backlight that replaces it is also quite suitable for taking good pictures.

Nothing has changed in terms of video shooting (4K mode is available), but front-camera still has a resolution of 5 megapixels. For particularly creative mobile photographers, there are various modes, including professional for fine tuning. For example, even such a mode as “Food” appeared. Slow motion can be recorded at up to 240 frames per second.

Samsung Galaxy S7: The processor draws its power from eight cores.

The power of Exynos - full speed ahead!

The latest generation of Samsung processors significantly contributed to another record in . In a special Burst mode, the maximum clock frequency is 2.6 GHz. In normal operation, the eight-core processor copes with its work at a clock frequency of 2.3 GHz - and does it extremely quickly. During the entire test period, we did not notice any jerks or delays when launching applications. Pre-installed operating room Android system 6.0.1 blends harmoniously with the redesigned user interface TouchWiz and 4 GB random access memory.

To prevent the smartphone body from “melting” with such high power, Samsung keeps heat generation under control using a liquid cooling system. During testing under full load, the smartphone certainly became warm, but not so much that it was uncomfortably hot.

A capacious battery and solid acoustics ensure a pleasant phone experience

The Achilles heel of the S7 could only be the battery. But new Galaxy passes our tests in this category very well. The built-in battery of the Galaxy S7 with a capacity of 3000 mAh is enough to last almost 9 hours in mode. telephone conversation and 9.25 hours of web surfing. Thanks to QuickCharge 2.0 technology, the battery is fully charged in just 1.75 hours.

We see little potential for improvement in telephone acoustics: despite acceptable volume and intelligibility, the sound could still be better. Individual syllables sometimes sound with a slight noise; the line does not always remain “transparent as glass.”

Samsung Galaxy S7: alternative

What other smartphone might appeal to someone interested in the Galaxy S7? Most likely, only the predecessor is . In the smallest version with 32 GB of internal memory, the S6 costs only about 35,000 rubles. As already mentioned, it does not have a microSD slot or an IP certificate. However, when it comes to speed, the S6 is still better than many of its newer competitors. The 16-megapixel camera takes excellent photos, and the predecessor's battery also makes a good impression.

TEST RESULTS
Productivity and management (35%)
Equipment (25%)
Battery (15%)
Display (15%)
Camera (10%)
CONCLUSION With the Galaxy S7, Samsung has created perfection itself - never before mobile phone has not been tested more successfully in the CHIP laboratory. The shortcomings of the previous generation model have been eliminated, the camera and performance have become even better. As a result, the Galaxy S7 even outperformed the Edge version.	91.7% OVERALL RESULT

Characteristics and test results of Samsung Galaxy S7

Price-quality ratio	85
OS during testing	Android 6.0 with Samsung TouchWiz
Current OS	Android 7
Is there an OS update planned?	Android 8 (Q1/2018)
App Store
Weight	152 g.
Length x Width	142 x 71 mm;
Thickness	9.0 mm;
Expert design review	Great
Expert assessment of work speed	Fine
Download speed: PDF 800 KB via WLAN	3.7 s
Download speed: main chip.de via WLAN	0.3 s
Download speed: chip.de test chart via WLAN	8.7 s
Sound quality (speakerphone)	Fine
CPU	Samsung Exynos 8890
Processor architecture
CPU frequency	2.600 MHz
Number of CPU cores	4+4
RAM capacity	3.5 GB
Battery: capacity	3.000 mAh
Battery: easy to remove	-
Battery: surfing time	8:43 h:min
Battery: charging time	1:43 h:min
Function fast charging	Yes
Charger and fast charging cable included
Battery: discharging time/charging time	5,1
Function wireless charging	Yes
WLAN	802.11n, ac
Voice over LTE
LTE: frequencies	800, 1.800, 2.600 MHz
LTE: Cat. 4	up to 150 Mbit/s
LTE: Cat. 6	up to 300 Mbit/s
LTE: Cat. 9	up to 450 Mbit/s
LTE: Cat. 12	-
Screen: type	OLED
Screen: diagonal	5.1 inches
Screen: size in mm	63 x 113 mm;
Screen: resolution	1.440 x 2.560 pixels
Screen: Dot Density	577 ppi
Screen: max. brightness in a dark room	437.9 cd/m²
Screen: staggered contrast in a bright room	53:1
Screen: staggered contrast in a dark room	139:1
Camera: resolution	12.2 megapixels
Camera: measured resolution	1,548 pairs of lines
Camera: expert assessment of image quality	Very good
Camera: VN1 noise	1.8 VN1
Camera: minimum focal length	4.2 mm;
Camera: minimum shooting distance	6 cm;
Camera: Shutter Time with Autofocus	0.64 s
Camera: optical stabilizer	Yes
Camera: autofocus	Yes
Camera: flash	LED
Video resolution	3.840 x 2.160 pixels
Front camera: resolution	5.0 megapixels
LED indicator	yes (multicolor)
Radio	-
SIM card type	Nano-SIM
Dual SIM	-
Protection against dust and moisture (IP certificate)	IP68
Fingerprint's scanner
User accessible memory	24.4 GB
Memory card slot	Yes
USB connector	micro-USB 2.0
Bluetooth	4.2
NFC	Yes
Headphone output	3.5 mm;
HD Voice	Yes
SAR	0.41 W/kg
Firmware version during testing	MMB29K.G930FXXU1APAW
Test date	2016-03-03

Despite everything, Galaxy Note 7 is one of the best, most powerful phablets on the market. Therefore, we will determine the best between the Snapdragon 820 and Exynos 8890 chipsets using the example of Note 7, since there are two modifications of this smartphone with these chipsets. For the US and Chinese markets, a version with Snapdragon 820 is available, for Europe and other markets with the Exynos 8890 chipset of its own production. Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, which launched in early 2016, which are available in variants with the same two chipsets, which are the top ones in the market in 2015-2016, and smartphones with them show the best performance.

Fun fact: Qualcomm developed the Snapdragon 820 in collaboration with Samsung, and the latter even produces at least some of the 820 chips. But this does not mean that it is an exact copy of the Exynos 8890. In fact, there are differences between them:

Quad-core versus 8-core? Yes, despite the differences in the number of cores, these chipsets are comparable. The craftsmen carried out several tests (three times each) and here are the results:

Results of the confrontation between SP820 and Exynos 8890

SNAPDRAGON STILL WINS WHEN IT COME TO GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE

There is no doubt that the two chipsets are among the most powerful on the market. However, there was a huge difference in the synthetic scores of the AnTuTu and Vellamo Metall tests, where the Snapdragon 820 absolutely crushed the Exynos 8890 in both tests. However, when we move on to the Vellamo Browser and Jetstream tests, we can see that the Exynos regains some ground and does a much better job when it comes to web browsing.

In the T-Rex graphics test, we get solid performance of around 53 FPS on both processors, which is more than enough. Next comes the graphics-intensive tests, and again, we have a huge difference in performance in GFXBench Manhattan, where the Snapdragon 820 with Adreno 53 scored almost twice as good as the Exynos 8890 with the Mali-T880 graphics chip.

Before we get to the end of the testing, we'll move on to overall performance in the Basemark OS II test. Here, both smartphones are relatively equal, although the Exynos seems to have a slight edge. And the last test was conducted in Geekbench 3, which measures processor performance in single-core and multi-core use. In the multi-core test, the Exynos 8890 wins by 1200 points, while both processors do equally well in the single-core test.

In the end, what does it all mean?

If you buy a smartphone with Exynos 8890 or Snapdragon 820, then you are getting a powerful beast anyway. Drawing conclusions from the tests above, the Snapdragon 820 will make gaming and graphics lovers a little happier. The Exynos could potentially be a little more snappy in other daily tasks like web browsing, opening certain apps, or when multitasking.

I would like to note that for regular user(and not a picky gamer) both options are equally good. Everything will be decided by optimization software, amount of RAM, manufacturer, etc. Of course, energy consumption plays an important role, but that’s another topic. If you are interested in who is more economical - Exynos 8890 or Snapdragon 820, then leave your comments under this post, and if more than 8 people come together, we will definitely write a detailed article on this topic.

Despite the deservedly high ratings from critics and the status of the main Android smartphone in the visible Universe, the Samsung Galaxy S6 could not boast of record sales, not only in Russia, which could be explained by the financial crisis, but in the rest of the world too. Lack of memory card slot? Weak battery? Lack of moisture protection? It seems that the engineers were going through the reasons for the lack of success of the S6 in the same way, simply “adding” what was missing into the new Galaxy, without touching its very essence.

Samsung also got rid of the strange abundance of smartphone variations, throwing out the version with a curved display of the same diagonal as the “regular” one. There is now a Samsung Galaxy S7 with a 5.1-inch display and a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with a 5.5-inch display; edge+ version is not planned. We got to test “just” the S7, which differs from the edge, in addition to the price, only in dimensions, a less capacious battery, and the size and design of the display. And, of course, design: many people love edge for its uniqueness and elegance; I, in turn, just prefer the regular version with the ideal size display for me. However, all this is a matter of taste, let’s move on to a more substantive conversation.

⇡ Specifications

	Samsung GALAXY S7	Samsung GALAXY S6	Sony Xperia Z5	Google Nexus 6P	LG V10
Display		5.1 inches, AMOLED, 2560 × 1440 pixels, 575.9 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	5.2 inches, AMOLED, 1920 × 1080 pixels, 424 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	5.7 inches, AMOLED, 2560 × 1440 pixels, 515 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	5.7 inches, 2560 × 1440, IPS, 515 ppi, capacitive multi-touch
Air gap	No	No	No	No	No
Protective glass	Corning Gorilla Glass (version not specified) on both sides	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 on both sides	no information	Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
CPU	Exynos 8890 Octa (four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, 2.6 GHz; four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.6 GHz)	Samsung Exynos 7420 (four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, 2.1 GHz; four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.5 GHz)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, frequency 2 GHz + four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, frequency 1.5 GHz)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810	Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
				(four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.55 GHz +	(four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.4 GHz +
				two ARM Cortex-A57 cores, frequency 2 GHz)	two ARM Cortex-A57 cores, frequency 1.82 GHz)
Graphics controller	Mali-T880 MP12	Mali-T760 MP8	Adreno 430	Adreno 430	Adreno 418
RAM	4 GB	3 GB	3 GB	3 GB	4 GB
Flash memory	32/64 GB	32/64/128 GB	32 GB	32/64/128 GB	64 GB
Memory card support	yes, in the S7 Duos version - a combined slot for a memory card and SIM card	No	There is	No	There is
Connectors	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm	USB-C, 3.5 mm mini-jack	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm
SIM cards	one nanoSIM/two nanoSIM	one nanoSIM	one nanoSIM	one nanoSIM	two nanoSIM
Cellular connection 2G		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1700 / 1900 MHz	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
Cellular 3G	HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz	HSPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	WDCMA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	HSDPA 850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100 MHz	HDSPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
Cellular 4G	LTE Cat support. 12 (up to 600/50 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20	FDD LTE Cat. 6 (up to 300/50 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20	FDD LTE Cat. 6 (up to 300 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 40	LTE Cat. 6 (up to 300 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41	LTE Cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbit/s), bands 1, 3, 7
WiFi	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1
NFC	There is	There is	There is	There is	There is
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
Sensors		Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), barometer, heart rate	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), barometer	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), pedometer
					Light, proximity sensor, pressure sensor, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), pedometer
Fingerprint's scanner	There is	There is	There is	There is	There is
Main camera	12 MP, ƒ/1.7, phase detection autofocus, LED flash, optical stabilization, 4K video recording	16 MP, ƒ/1.9, laser autofocus, LED flash, optical stabilization, 4K video recording	23 MP, ƒ/2.0, autofocus, LED flash, 4K video recording	12.3 MP, ƒ/2.0, laser autofocus, LED flash, 4K video recording	16 MP, ƒ/1.8, laser autofocus, LED flash, optical stabilization, Full HD video recording
Front-camera	5 MP, fixed focus	5 MP, fixed focus	5 MP, fixed focus	8 MP, fixed focus	5 MP, fixed focus, 80° viewing angle + 5 MP, fixed focus, 120° viewing angle
Nutrition	Non-removable 11.4 Wh battery (3000 mAh, 3.8 V), support fast charging Quick Charge 2.0, support wireless charging	Non-removable 9.7 Wh battery (2550 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery 11.02 Wh (2900 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable 13.11 Wh battery (3450 mAh, 3.8 V)	Removable 11.4 Wh battery (3000 mAh, 3.8 V)
Size	142.4 × 69.6 × 7.9 mm	143 × 70.5 × 6.8 mm	146 × 72 × 7.3 mm	159.3 × 77.8 × 7.3 mm	160 × 80 × 8.6 mm
Weight	152 grams	138 grams	154 grams	178 grams	192 grams
Protection housing	IP68	No	IP65, IP68 Up to half an hour at a depth of 1.5 m	No	No
operating room system	Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Samsung's own TouchWiz shell	Android 5.1 Lolliipop, Samsung's own TouchWiz shell	Android 5.1 Lolliipop, Sony Xperia's own shell	Android 6.0 Marshmallow	Android 5.1 Lolliipop
Current price, rub	from 49 990	40,000-54,000 (depending on memory size)	49 990	49,990-56,990 (depending on memory capacity)	50 990

⇡ Appearance and ergonomics

Externally, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is very similar to the Galaxy S6. Similar, but not identical - due to the beveled and slightly rounded edges, it looks a little lighter and weightless than its predecessor, despite the fact that it is thicker and heavier. This is also helped by the 2.5D glass on the front panel, slightly beveled at the edges. But the essence itself has not changed - strained glass Gorilla Glass front and back, metal edge, tiny bezels around the screen, mechanical Home key with built-in fingerprint scanner.

Samsung Galaxy S7, front panel. Above the screen: earpiece, front camera, light and proximity sensors, and status indicator. Below the screen: the “Home” button with a fingerprint scanner and touch keys for “Back” and calling up a list of open applications

This is one of the most pleasant modern smartphones to use - it just looks slippery, which makes it a little scary (will it slip out? Will it fall?), but in reality it’s okay, the metal frame around the edges allows you to grip it tenaciously. A slightly more than five-inch screen is optimal in terms of the combination of diagonal and ease of use with one hand; you don’t have to reach for the corners with your finger, as well as grab the gadget with your second hand. There are complaints about the volume control keys located too high - but this, firstly, is completely trivial, and secondly, they lie exactly under my index and middle fingers, no problems.

Tempered glass theoretically allows you to carry a smartphone in your pocket along with keys and change - but in practice this is not worth doing, scratches are still inevitable. One of the most important differences between the S7 and the S6 is the camera lens that barely protrudes above the body. This is due both to the new smaller camera module and the thicker body - the new flagship is more than a millimeter thicker than the old one (7.9 mm versus 6.8 mm) - it was possible to pack the camera almost completely into such a body. But, by the way, a slightly protruding camera is good, I am an apologist for this solution: due to the fact that it is easy to feel it blindly, you are less likely to run your finger over the lens and, accordingly, there is less chance of getting it dirty.

But nothing can save you from the back panel getting stuck - the glass looks good, but it also collects fingerprints very well. This is a noticeable drawback of the light colors of the Galaxy S7 (“dazzling platinum”, “titanium silver”). The version that I got to know closely, “black diamond,” looks good even without constant wiping with a cloth.

Samsung Galaxy S7, bottom edge: microUSB port, 3.5 mm mini-jack for headphones and main speaker

The most important feature of the Samsung Galaxy S7 is that the case is waterproof according to the IP68 standard (up to half an hour at a depth of one and a half meters). This, along with an increased capacity battery, led to a thicker body. In my opinion, a more than appropriate fee.

Despite the fact that software support for the fingerprint scanner is built into Android 6.0 Marshmallow by default, it did not work well in the test Samsung Galaxy S7, almost never recognizing the fingerprint on the first try. I attribute this to a feature of the pre-production copy - the idea that Samsung “didn’t finish such a small thing” is simply disgusting when talking about the S7. Using the scanner is the simplest. In practice - to unlock the device with one touch, in theory - also for payment, including through samsung app Pay (which will someday appear in Russia, we believe).

The Samsung Galaxy S7, like its predecessor, sports only one mono speaker located on the bottom edge. It is not too loud, but in order to “finish” the call to the next room, it is enough; The call can also be clearly heard when the smartphone is lying on the table. The problem is different - it is easily blocked by a finger with a horizontal grip, and it is often simply impossible to hear its soundtrack and voice acting during the game. The only way out is to use headphones - the sound path here is quite good.

⇡ Software

Samsung Galaxy S7 runs under Android control 6.0 Marshmallow with TouchWiz proprietary shell. Starting last year, this is no longer an advantage or disadvantage of Samsung smartphones, but only their feature - the shell has become very close in appearance and logic to pure Android. But at the same time with a lot of additions and large set pre-installed software.

The mid-size flagship of the Japanese company came out controversial. The display resolution was left old-fashioned, the proprietary moisture protection only implies “exposure to light rain” and no underwater photography, as in Sony advertising, and the Snapdragon 810 processor, although it began to overheat less, still does not work ideally in this model.

But in terms of the quality of the body materials, convenience operating system and the sophistication of the camera Sony flagship and remains an attractive model to this day. Automatic modes The Z5's shooting isn't perfect, but in manual mode the Z5's camera can produce some amazingly high-quality images. The autonomy of the smartphone is seriously inferior to the results demonstrated by the top Samsung, but the iPhone 6s will soon retire (like the quickly outdated HTC One M9 Plus), the LG Nexus 5X, already on sale, is much less powerful and not so prestigious, and beyond these models there are thoroughbred flagships of moderate the dimensions just run out.

conclusions

Attitudes towards the Galaxy S7 change as you use the smartphone. The first impression is a “restyling” of last year’s flagship with a new sauce, but then you add up the number of innovations and realize that improvements of this magnitude in the iPhone would be considered a revolution, and every Apple fan would be delighted. Only Samsung did not release the S6 Super/Ultra/Neo, but released the S7, which divided brand connoisseurs into two camps.

Current Galaxy owners S6 admit that the smartphone has become “better in everything,” but they see no point in replacing existing models with new flagships. Those who are watching the price drop for the “morally outdated” S6 series are also in no hurry to take an extra 15 thousand rubles out of their pockets. There remains an audience that acquires a “new cool Samsung” with each new generation of the model, and those who are disappointed in other flagships / do not want to wait for manufacturers to release more breakthrough superphones.

However, what other “breakthroughs”? In the class of “less than 5.5 inches” of truly sophisticated smartphones, the cat cried. If it weren’t for the example of the iPhone 6/6s, the rest of the manufacturers would rush to produce “shovels” without options for the buyer. In this sense, the Galaxy S7 (just don't laugh) is a living exotic, because the class of 5-inch flagships is slowly dying out.

But the release cycle according to the principle “modernized version - revolutionary version” is already quite Apple’s way, comrades. And even though we are unfamiliar with the conditional two-year cycle from the evolutionary to the revolutionary Galaxy S, such changes will benefit both those who like to “wait until cool models” and everyone who sells old smartphone to purchase a new one, “with changes and additions.” We can only hope that such tactics will not “sink” Samsung and that the Koreans know what they are doing.

The release of the Galaxy S6 was a turning point for Samsung. The company has proven that it can not only make a great design, but also show off some truly impressive camera, memory, and processor specs.

This year, the Korean manufacturer introduced the Galaxy S7, an improved version of its predecessor. It was able to impress us with its improved body ergonomics, built-in gaming capabilities, camera and, of course, processor. As for the latter, the brand new Galaxy S7 was presented in two versions: with Snapdragon processor 820 and Exynos 8890. The first is available in the USA, and the second in other countries. Therefore, if you live in the United States, then you will get a model with a Qualcomm chipset, and if you are, for example, in Russia, then you will get a model with Samsung's own Exynos 8890 chipset.

Here is a short comparison of both chipset systems to give you a better understanding of them:

As you can see, the most important difference between these two solutions is the number of cores. The Snapdragon 820 has four cores, while the Exynos 8890 has eight. Later you will learn that the difference, for the most part, is visible only on paper.

To see the differences between both versions of the Galaxy S7 smartphone, we carried out a series of tests, which were repeated 3 times for the accuracy of the data obtained. They were in the same conditions, with the same amount installed applications and processes running in the background. The average result is shown in the table below:

As you can see, both processors are comparable to each other in most cases, although the Exynos score in the GPU test is noticeably lower.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, on the other hand, loses to its rival in tests for javascript loading speed, that is, surfing the Internet (Sunspider), receiving half the score (the lower the better). The Exynos 8890 is also a leader in the comprehensive Vellamo Browser benchmark (which, by the way, was developed by Qualcomm).

Conclusion

Both options provide excellent performance, and it will be almost impossible to notice the differences in real-world use. Later we will conduct tests that will answer another important question: are these processors equally energy efficient?