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by: Gary Sims (http://www.androidauthority.com/author/garysims/)November 6, 2015

The SoC deᙃnes what a smartphone can and can't do.

SoC showdown: Snapdragon 810 vs Exynos 7420 vsMediaTek Helio X10 vs Kirin 935

Which is the best Android smartphone SoC? We test the Snapdragon 810, the Exynos 7420, the MediaTek Helio X10, the Kirin 935, and the Snapdragon 801. But

before looking at these chips, let’s start with a high level look of mobile processor technology.

What is a SoC?Traditionally, the “brains” of a computer were found in the CPU (Central Processing

Unit), and other necessary peripherals were found in auxiliary chips which were dotted

around the CPU. These auxiliary chips included things like the GPU (Graphics

Processing Unit), the memory controllers, and any specialized video or audio chips (like

DSPs). In fact, way back when the Intel 386 and 486 CPUs were the talk of the town,

even the FPU (Floating Point Unit) was considered an optional extra. Since then, more

and more stu has been included on the same silicon as the CPU, ᙃrst the FPU, then various memory controllers, and now the GPU and DSPs as well.

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A single chip, which includes lots of dierent functions, is known as a SoC (http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/soc) or a System-on-a-Chip. The chips which

power our smartphones are no longer just CPUs, but a CPU plus a GPU plus a memory controller plus a DSP plus a radio for GSM, 3G and 4G LTE comms. But it

doesn’t stop there, on top of all that lot, you will ᙃnd discrete bits of silicon for the GPS, USB, NFC, Bluetooth and for the camera.

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In many ways, the SoC deᙃnes what a smartphone can and can’t do, plus it determines the device’s performance and battery eciency. In other words, it is

important to know what SoC is in your smartphone.

At the moment there are four major smartphone SoC makers: Qualcomm (http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/qualcomm), with its Snapdragon

(http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/snapdragon/) range; Samsung (http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/samsung/) with its Exynos

(http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/exynos/) chips; MediaTek (http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/mediatek/) with its MT and Helio processors; and

Huawei’s (http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/huawei/) Kirin chips made by its subsidiary HiSilicon.

Each of these manufacturers produces a variety of chips for the low-, mid- and high-end smartphone markets. And it is at the high-end that the competition is

the toughest, at least in terms of perceptions. In terms of actual units shipped, the low- and mid-range SoCs are just as important, however, the glory is in the

єagship devices.

So that leads us to our question, what is the best SoC? To try and answer this question we will take a look at ᙃve key processors: the Snapdragon 810, the

Exynos 7420, the MediaTek Helio X10, the HiSilicon Kirin 935, and the Snapdragon 801. I have included the last one for comparison. Released in 2013 and 2014

respectively, the Snapdragon 800 and 801 SoCs are almost legendary in terms of their performance and reliability.

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Snapdragon 810

Exynos 7420

MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795)

HiSilicon Kirin 935

Snapdragon 801

Cores

8

8

8

8

4

CPU

4x Cortex-A57 + 4x Cortex-A53

4x Cortex-A57 +

4x Cortex-A53

8x Cortex-A53

8x Cortex-A53

4x Krait 400

CPU clock

A57 - 2.0GHz A53 - 1.5GHz

A57 - 2.1GHz

A53 - 1.5GHz

Up to 2.2GHz

4x A53 - 2.2GHz

4x A53 - 1.5GHz

Up to 2.45 GHz

Arch

ARMv8-A (32 / 64-bit)

ARMv8-A (32 / 64-bit)

ARMv8-A (32 / 64-bit)

ARMv8-A (32 / 64-bit)

ARMv7-A (32-bit)

GPU

Adreno 430 @ 6 30MHz

ARM M ali-T760 MP8 @ 77 2 Mhz

PowerVR G6200 @ 700Mhz

Mali-T628 MP4

Adreno 330 @ 5 78 GHz

Memory

LPDDR4 1600MHz 64-bit

1552MHz LPDDR4

LPDDR3 933MHz

LPDDR3 1600 MHz

LPDDR3 933MHz 32-bit


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Octa-core is the norm today, but things may change next year.

Core countLook across the table above and you will see that octa-core processors are the

order of the day. With the exception of the Snapdragon 801, which is here for

comparison, we can see that every major SoC uses 8 CPU cores. To support 8

CPU cores, these chips use a technology from ARM

(http://www.androidauthority.com/tag/ARM) called big.LITTLE. The idea

behind big.LITTLE is that not all the cores are equal. You generally ᙃnd a

cluster of Cortex-A57 cores and a cluster of Cortex-A53 cores. The A57 is a high performance core, while the A53 has greater energy eciency.

When tasks are run on the LITTLE cores they use less power, they drain the battery less, however they may run a little slower. When tasks are run on the big

cores, they ᙃnish sooner but they use more battery to do so.

The only exceptions to this among the octa-core processes in our lineup are the Kirin 935 and the MediaTek Helio X10, both of which use one cluster of Cortex-

A53 cores clocked at a higher clock speed than another cluster of Cortex-A53 cores clocked at a lower speed.

SEE ALSO: WHY THE QUAD-CORE SNAPDRAGON 820 WON’T BRING

AN END TO THE CORE WARS

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wars-over-645199/)

Although this is the way things are today, the core count is going to change. The next generation CPU from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 820, will go back to

using four cores (http://www.androidauthority.com/are-the-soc-core-wars-over-645199/), with a core design cooked up by Qualcomm’s engineers rather than

using the core designs from ARM. At the other end, MediaTek will be releasing a SoC with 10 CPU cores, the Helio X20

(http://www.androidauthority.com/mediatek-helio-x20-ocial-607685/).

GPUs

Process

20nm

14nm FinFET

28nm

28 nm

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Samsung’s latest єagships all sport the formidable Mali-T760 GPUThere are three major designers of mobile GPUs: ARM, Qualcomm and Imagination. ARM’s range of GPUs are known as Mali and includes the Mali-T760, as

found in the Exynos 7420, and the Mali T628, as found in the Kirin 935. Qualcomm’s GPUs are branded under the Adreno name with the Snapdragon 810 using

an Adreno 430 and the Snapdragon 801 using a Adreno 330. The third player in the GPU space is Imagination with its PowerVR range. Imagination has had the

most success on mobile with Apple, as every iPhone since the 3GS has used a PowerVR GPU. However, Imagination has also had some success on Android, and

the MediaTek Helio X10 uses the PowerVR G6200.

It is dicult to make a comparison between these GPUs just from the speciᙃcations. They all support OpenGL ES 3.1, they all support RenderScript, and they all

boast high gigaFLOP numbers. The real test comes when running actual 3D games.

Fabrication technology

Processors are fabricated out of silicon wafers such as this HiSilicon one

The fabrication of “silicon chips” isn’t easy. In fact it is a highly complex process that involves a lot of expensive machinery. To make a chip from silicon wafer to

chips ready to sell, it takes several weeks. One of the parameters of fabrication system is known as the “process node” and it deᙃnes how small the transistors

are and how small the gaps are between transistors. The Helio X10, the Kirin 935 and the Snapdragon 801 are all built using a 28nm (nanometer) process. The

Snapdragon 810 uses a 20nm process, while the Exynos 7420 uses a 14nm process, known as 14nm FinFET.


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The original, from 1971, the 4-bit Intel C4004 CPU

As you can imagine, the smaller you make a chip the harder it gets. The original Intel 4004 CPU, which was launched in 1971, was manufactured using a 10 µm

(10,000 nanometers) process. By 1989, that had dropped to 800nm, the process used for the Intel 486 and the lower speed Pentium CPUs. By 2001, the process

node was down to 130nm and was used by companies like Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, and TSMC for a variety of processors including the Pentium III, the

Athlon XP and back when Motorola made chips, the PowerPC 7447.

By the time the smartphone revolution was underway, chips like the Samsung Exynos 3 Single, used in the original Google Nexus S, were made using 45nm

technology. Today, that number is down to between 28nm and 14nm (FinFET). The key thing about process nodes is that, although it gets harder to reach these

smaller and smaller targets, the beneᙃt is that the chips need less power and produce less heat, both of which are very important for mobile devices.

However there is one caveat, the process node is just one factor in many which deᙃnes the performance and power usage of a SoC. Although it might seem thata chip made using a 28nm process node will be half as ecient as a chip made using a 14nm FinFET process, it isn’t, things are just more complicated than that!

Snapdragon 810

The Snapdragon 810 is Qualcomm’s єagship 64-bit processor. It has eight cores in total, four Cortex-A53 cores and four Cortex-A57 cores. The SoC uses ARM’s

big.LITTLE technology, which means that the more power ecient Cortex-A53 cores are used for easier tasks and the Cortex-A57 cores are activated when some

heavy lifting is required. Bundled with the CPU is the Adreno 430 GPU, the Hexagon V56 DSP, and an integrated X10 LTE modem.

The history of the Snapdragon 810 has been rocky at best. Samsung didn’t pick it for the Galaxy S6 range, nor for the Note 5, instead opting for its home-grown

Exynos 7420. The chip has also been dogged with stories of overheating and CPU thrott ling. Qualcomm tried to ᙃx the chip’s perceived image by releasing a new

stepping known as V2.1, however, with the 4K video overheating issues of phones like the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, the Snapdragon 810 is still seen negatively

by some consumers.

Having said that, my testing of the Snapdragon 810 has shown it to be a fast and reliable SoC for the most part, and it has been picked-up by several top

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Exynos 7420

This is one of the most popular smartphone processors at the moment, mainly because it is the processor used by Samsung for its current range of high-end

devices including the Samsung Galaxy S6, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Like the Snapdragon 810 it uses four Cortex-A53

cores and four Cortex-A57 cores. But rather than the Adreno 430, we ᙃnd a ARM Mali-T760 MP8.

The Mali-T760 has 8 shader cores while boasting a 400% increase in energy eciency over the ARM Mali-T604. One of the tricks in the Mali-T760’s architecture is

the use of bandwidth reduction techniques, which minimizes the amount of data shifted around and hence reduces the amount of power used by the GPU.

Such techniques include ARM Frame Buer Compression (AFBC), which compresses the data as it is passed from one part of the SoC to another; and Smart

Composition, which only renders the parts of the frame which have changed.

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S6 USES ITS OCTA-CORE PROCESSOR

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Thanks to the smaller 14nm FinFET manufacturing process, Samsung has been able to up its clock speeds by 200MHz on the CPU side and by 72MHz on theGPU side, when compared to the Exynos 5433. It is also Samsung’s ᙃrst SoC with LPDDR4 memory support, which runs in a 32-bit dual-channel conᙃguration

with a clock speed of 1552MHz. Peak bandwidth reaches 25.6 GB/s.

MediaTek Helio X10


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Earlier this year MediaTek launched its new Helio brand of SoCs. Unlike the bland sounding MTxxxx range of SoCs, the Helio branding brings MediaTek into line

with Samsung and Qualcomm with their Exynos and Snapdragon brands. The ᙃrst MediaTek Helio SoC is the Helio X10, an octa-core processor with four 2.0

GHz Cortex-A53 cores and four 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 cores, backed by a PowerVR 6200 GPU. If that setup sounds familiar it is because that was also the specs of

the MediaTek MT6795 and, as far as I can tell, the Helios X10 is in fact just a rebrand of the MT6795.

The multimedia features of the X10 are quite interesting and include video recording at 480 frames per second with 1/16th speed slow-motion playback,

support for 120Hz smartphone displays, and H.265 Ultra HD 4K2K video encoding at 30 fps.

Kirin 935

Smartphones using the Kirin range of SoCs started to appear during mid-2014, almost exclusively from Huawei. HiSilicon is a fully owned subsidiary of Huawei

and its ᙃrst Kirin processors were quad-core Cortex-A9 based, as found in phones like the Huawei Ascend P7 (http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-ascend-

p7-review-391374/). Since then, HiSilicon has produced increasingly more powerful processors including 32-bit octa-core processors with Cortex-A15

and Cortex-A7 cores, and 64-bit processors using Cortex-A53 cores. The company has also just announced its new SoC: the Kirin 950

(http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-950-ocial-653811/). The Kirin 950 uses four Cortex-A72 (http://www.androidauthority.com/arm-cortex-a-72-interview-604568/) cores (the successor to the Cortex-A57) and four Cortex A53 CPU cores, combined with a Mali-T880 GPU.

The Kirin 935 uses four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz, and another four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz. The GPU is the ARM Mali-T628 MP4.

Snapdragon 801

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The Snapdragon 801 is quite dierent to the other SoCs listed here. First, it is a 32-bit processor using the ARMv7 instruction set architecture (ISA), rather than

the 64-bit ARM v8 ISA. Second, it is a quad-core processor rather than an octa-core processor. Third, it uses Qualcomm’s own ARM compatible core design

(Krait) and not a core design from ARM.

The reason I have included it is as a baseline reference. The Snapdragon 800 and the Snapdragon 801 SoCs were very popular and marked the heyday of

Qualcomm’s reign at the top. You can ᙃnd the Snapdragon 801 in devices like the Sony Xperia Z3, the LG G3, the Samsung Galaxy S5, the HTC One M8 and the

OnePlus One.

The Phones

For these tests, I got hold of dierent phones using these SoCs. The phones are:

Snapdragon 810 – Sony Xperia Z5 Compact (http://www.androidauthority.com/sony-xperia-z5-compact-review-649223/)

Exynos 7420 – Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5-review-638096/)

MediaTek Helio X10 – Redmi Note 2 (http://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-2-review-640274/)

Kirin 935 – Huawei Mate S (http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-s-review-643433/)

Snapdragon 801 – ZUK Z1 (http://www.androidauthority.com/zuk-z1-review-646123/)

Before looking at the test results, there is one caveat: there are likely other handsets available that could utilize these SoCs better than the handsets I have used.

In other words, maybe the RedMi Note 2 isn’t the best performing Helio X10 handset, or maybe there are better Snapdragon 801 devices than the ZUK Z1, etc.

However the variations between models shouldn’t be so large as to alter the overall results.

It is also worth noting that the screen resolution plays a big factor for benchmarks that include GPU tests. Pushing around those pixels on a phone with a Full

HD display is less taxing for the CPU and GPU than on a phone with a 2K display.

Performance testsPerformance testing is a complex science in that it is hard to replicate the exact same conditions for each test run. Even variations in temperature can alter test

results. One popular way to test the performance of a phone is to use benchmarks like AnTuTu and Geekbench. Another is to simulate real world scenarios like

launching a game while monitoring the performance. As a third way to test the performance I have written a couple of apps. The ᙃrst one tests the SoCs

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processing power by calculating a large number of SHA1 hashes, performing a large bubblesort, shu⎪ing a large table and then calculating the ᙃrst 10 million

primes. The second app uses a 2D physics engine to simulate water being poured into a container and measuring the number of droplets that can be processed

in 90 seconds. At 60 frames per second the maximum score is 5400.

AnTuTuAnTuTu is one of the “standard” benchmarks for Android. It tests both CPU performance and GPU performance and then presents a ᙃnal score. AnTuTu is good

for getting a general feel for how well a SoC can perform, however the test loads used by the benchmark are completely artiᙃcial and don’t reєect real life

scenarios at all. However, as long as we take that into consideration then the numbers can be useful.

I performed two tests with AnTuTu. First, I just run the test on the device from a fresh boot, then I run the 3D demo game Epic Citadel for 30 minutes (in the

hope of heating up the phones a bit) and then I re-ran the benchmark. The results are below:

AnTuTu – Higher is better.

As you can see the Exynos 7420 comes out on top followed by the Snapdragon 810. Third is the Kirin 935, and fourth is the Snapdragon 801 beating the Helio

X10. After running Epic Citadel for 30 minutes the performance dropped for all of the devices except for the Mate S and its Kirin 935. However the order

remains the same.

GeekbenchI performed two tests with Geekbench. First I just ran the test on the device from a fresh boot, then I ran the 3D demo game Epic Citadel for 30 minutes for

the AnTuTu test (see above). Straight after re-running AnTuTu, I then re-ran Geekbench. Here are the results, one graph for the single-core tests and one for the

multi-core:

Geekbench single-core – Higher is better.

The single core tests show the speed of an individual core, regardless of how many cores there are on the SoC. The Exynos 7420 comes in ᙃrst with 1504,

followed closely by the Snapdragon 810. The other three are fairly evenly matched which shows the dierence in core level performance between the Cortex-

A57 and the Cortex-A53. It also shows us that the Krait core in the Snapdragon 801 is faster than the Cortex-A53 cores of the Kirin and Helio.


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Geekbench multi-core – Higher is better.

The multi-core tests run the benchmark across all the available cores. As such the Snapdragon 801 is bound to come in last as it only has four cores. At the top

we ᙃnd the Exynos 7420 again, this time followed by the Helio X10, quite a jump from its last place in the single-core tests! After running Epic Citadel for half an

hour the Snapdragon 801 and the Kirin 935 actually perform slightly better, however the overall positions remain unchanged.

CPU Prime BenchmarkAs with the previous two benchmarks, I ran CPU Prime Benchmark twice. The ᙃrst run was performed when the device was cool and had no other apps running.

Then I set each phone to record Full HD video (not 4K) for 10 minutes. After than I re-ran the benchmark. The results are surprising:

CPU Prime Benchmark – Higher is better.

In ᙃrst place again we ᙃnd the Exynos 7420, followed by the Snapdragon 810. Next the Helio X10, the Kirin 935 and the Snapdragon 801 respectively. After

recording Full HD video for 10 minutes, the Exynos manages to achieve the same score, as does the Snapdragon 801. Interestingly the Kirin 935 manages a

better score, which pushes it above the X10, while the Snapdragon 810 takes quite a hit dropping from 20771 to 18935.

Real worldFor the real world tests I picked two scenarios. The ᙃrst is how long does it take to startup the Need For Speed No Limits game, and secondly how well do the

phones handle the Kraken Javascript benchmark. Kraken was created by Mozilla and measures the speed of several dierent test cases extracted from real-

world applications and libraries. In each case, I used the same version of Chrome downloaded from the Play Store. But ᙃrst, the Need for Speed startup times:


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Need For Speed No Limits – Lower is better.

The Sony Xperia Z5 Compact makes quite a poor showing in this test, coming in last. First place is tied between the Exynos 7420 and the Kirin 935, while the X10

and the Snapdragon 801 are only one second apart. It is worth mentioning here that there are likely other factors which inєuence the outcome of these tests

including the speed of the єash memory, so the poor performance by the Z5 Compact might not be due to the Snapdragon 810.

And now for Kraken:

Kraken- Lower is better.

Things return to “normal” with the Kraken test: First the Exynos 7420, then the Snapdragon 810, and in third the Snapdragon 801. The two Cortex-A53 baseddevices perform quite poorly here with scores over 9500.

Hashes, bubble sorts, tables and primesThe ᙃrst of my custom benchmarks tests the CPU without using the GPU. It is a four stage test that ᙃrst calculates 100 SHA1 hashes on 4K of data, then it

performs a large bubble sort on an array of 9000 items. Thirdly, it shu⎪es a large table one million times, and lastly it calculates the ᙃrst 10 million primes. The

total time needed to do all those things is displayed at the end of the test run. The results are below:


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In a nutshell, the Exynos 7420 is the best Android SoC at this

time, the Snapdragon 810 comes in a close second, while the

Helio X10 and Kirin 935 are good for high mid-end phones.

Finally, the Snapdragon 801 still has plenty of life in it.

Hashes and sorts – Lower is better.

This is the one test that the Exynos 7420 didn’t win. If it didn’t win the second of my benchmarks as well then I would start to suspect foul play, however it does

win the next test (see below) and its second place here is acceptable. However, a great performance by the Snapdragon 810, as well as a strong result for the

Snapdragon 801.

Water simulationThe second of my two custom benchmarks uses a 2D physics engine to simulate water being poured into a container. The idea here is that while the GPU will be

used slightly for the 2D graphics, most of the work will be carried out by the CPU. The complexity of so many droplets of water will exercise the CPU. One drop

of water is added every frame and the game is designed to run at 60 frames per second. The benchmark measures how many droplets are actually processed

and how many are missed. The maximum score is 5400, a number which the Exynos 7420 almost hits, but not quite. The full results follow:

2D Physics – Higher is better.

The Exynos 7420 scores 5359, just slightly shy of the maximum score. Surprisingly, the 32-bit, quad-core Snapdragon 801 comes in second followed by the Helio

X10 and the Snapdragon 810. Last was the Kirin 935.

Wrap-upBefore we look at the 64-bit processors, it is worth applauding Qualcomm

for the Snapdragon 801. The 801 consistently scored well in the

benchmarks and was on average equivalent to the Kirin 935 or to the Helio

X10. Like I said during my ZUK Z1 review

(http://www.androidauthority.com/zuk-z1-review-646123/), I would rather

have a quad-core 32-bit Snapdragon 801 than a slower quad-core Cortex-A53 based SoC, like the Snapdragon 410. The Snapdragon 801 also gives us

a good baseline from which to judge the results from the other processors.

Overall, the Exynos 7420 is the clear winner. It performs well across all of the tests and it doesn’t seem to be aected much by overheating or throttling. Close

behind it is the Snapdragon 810. Both the Exynos 7420 and the Snapdragon 810 use the same Cortex-A57/A53 cores in a big.LITTLE conᙃguration, however they

use dierent GPUs. Although the performance of the Snapdragon 810 is close to that of the Exynos, the 810 is aected more by heat. The drop in performance

for the 810 was 8% during the CPU Prime Benchmark test after recording Full HD video for 10 minutes.

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As for the other two processors, there seems to be little to choose between them. Sometimes the X10 was faster than the Kirin 935 (e.g. for the CPU Prime

Benchmark and the 2D water simulation), while for other benchmarks like AnTuTu and the Geekbench single-core tests, the Kirin 935 was the faster of the pair.

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high mid-end phones. Finally, the Snapdragon 801 still has plenty of life in it.

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Hardware certainly isn’t everything, but when you’re in the market for a high performance smartphone you’re almost bound to wonder how your hardware stacks up

with the competition and if you’re getting value for money. Today we’re going to compare how the newly unveiled HTC 10 (http://www.androidauthority.com/htc-10-

specs-price-release-date-685778/) stacks up, at least on paper, against rival єagship smartphones from Samsung, LG, Huawei, and Sony.

The Competition:

Let’s dive right on into the display tech. While other manufacturers were relatively quick to hop on the Quad-HD resolution display train, HTC had kept a 1080p

resolution for all of its previous єagships. This all changes with the HTC 10 though, as the manufacturer moves up to a competing QHD Super LCD display, that will

oer up that little extra sharpness to match the likes of the Galaxy S7 (http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-review-679482/) and the LG G5.

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At 5.0 to 5.5-inches, the dierence between 1080p and QHD is not massive, but it’s not a minor con that can be held up against HTC’s latest єagship any more. Pixels

per inch calculations for 5.2-inch QHD and 1080p displays come out at 564 and 424 respectively, which are both right around that very roughly approximated 450PPI

sweet spot for typical smartphone viewing distances. The more telling question will be to see how this resolution upgrade impacts on performance and battery life,

which we’ll ᙃnd out once we get to our full review.

Fortunately, HTC has managed to pack in a suitable sized battery. The handset features a 3,000mAh cell, which stacks up well against the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge’s

3,000 and 3,600mAh sizes. It’s also slightly larger than the LG G5’s 2,800mAh and the Xperia X Performance’s 2,700mAh batteries.

Unlike last year, most of this year’s єagship smartphones have settled on a single processor – the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. There are still some exceptions

though. The Samsung Galaxy S7 oers up the company’s own Exynos 8890 SoC in many regions outside of the US. The new Huawei P9 also opts to use its own in-

house Kirin 955 processor, which is much more l ike the octa-core processors that dominated last year’s ᙃeld. We’ve seen some performance dierentials between

these processors, but overall it’s a much closer ᙃeld this year when compared with the medley of Snapdragon 810, 808, and Exynos models that appeared last year.

There’s also not much to tell between the handsets in terms of RAM or memory options, although the Xperia X Performance is a little behind with just 3GB of RAM.

Unfortunately, manufacturers don’t often come out and tell us the exact speeds of their memory conᙃgurations, although we do know that the G5 uses LPDDR4 RAM

and Samsung is making use of UFS rather then eMMC єash storage. All of which can make minor dierences to app loading times and the like.

Performance should be very similar, if not virtually identical across all of these handsets. Although the lower resolution of the Sony Xperia X Performance’s and

Huawei P9’s displays might lend them an edge in some gaming situations. UI optimizations may also make some minor dierences. Samsung has stripped back

TouchWiz a little, while Sony and HTC have typically oered slightly more lightweight default launchers. Regardless, consumers are unlikely to be dissatisᙃed with the

performance oered by any of this year’s єagship smartphones.

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Smartphone camera technology remains a big selling point this year and all of the manufacturers in our list are touting notable improvements over their previous

generation єagships.

HTC has long used its Ultrapixel terminology to describe its larger light collecting sensor pixels but there’s a surprising similarity between the image sensors found

inside the HTC 10 and the Galaxy S7 this time around. Both handset’s boast a 12 megapixel main camera with similar f/1.8 and f/1.7 apertures and 1.55um versus

1.4um pixel sizes for additional light capture. The Galaxy S7’s camera is proving to be a real winner, so there’s a lot to be excited about with the similarly specced HTC

10. However, the HTC 10 does not feature the fast auto-focusing sub-pixels found in the Galaxy S7. Although you will ᙃnd a laser autofocus module in the HTC

handset, a feature that LG has had for a while now and one that Huawei has just adopted with the P9.

The Sony Xperia X Performance features a higher resolution 23 megapixel sensor, but with much smaller

pixels. The LG G5 is arguably the strangest of the bunch, with a 16 megapixel f/1.8 sensor and a separate 8

megapixel sensor with a wide angled lens. The new Huawei P9 also boasts a dual-camera setup with one

monochrome and one color sensor, along with Leica designed lenses. So there’s some major diversity in the

market place right now.

Much like Sony, HTC has paid additional attention to the front facing camera this time around, boasting a

f/1.8 aperture, 1.34µm pixel size, and, for the ᙃrst t ime, optical image stabilization. It’s going to be quite

interesting to see how this seemingly low resolution 5 megapixel selᙃe snapper compares to the Xperia X’s

13 megapixel front facing sensor. Video enthusiasts are also going to face a conundrum here, as choosing

between the HTC 10’s OIS or the Galaxy S7’s QHD front cam option might be tough. There really is

something to like about each of these smartphone cameras, but no two setups are completely identical.

We’re going to need to conduct some camera shootouts I think.

The HTC 10 wouldn’t be a єagship smartphone without a suite of extras to woo us over, and HTC doesn’t disappoint here. Fingerprint scanner technology sweeps the

board here, with all of this year’s єagships oering up biometric security. USB Type-C is not quite so universal, with the Galaxy S7 and X Performance opting for the

more widespread micro-USB ports, but this won’t be a deal breaker to many.

The HTC 10 doesn’t boast an IP rating for dust or water resistance, so it’s either the Xperia X Performance or Galaxy S7 if you’re looking to take your smartphone for a

quick dunk. Speaking of more unique features, the Galaxy S7 and LG G5 feature Always-On display technology, which can help save battery when glancing at your

phone to simply check the time or see if you have a new notiᙃcation. While the Huawei P9 is the only option if you want a “Force Touch” display.

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Audio remains a key selling point for HTC’s єagship series, and the HTC 10 boasts Hi ᙃ audio across the board. We’ll have to see how the phone sounds when stacked

up against the LG G5’s Bang & Oulfson modular DAC, as the promises of 24-bit playback mean nothing on their own. However, the 10 doesn’t feature front facing

speakers any more. BoomSound returns, but there there’s one speaker on the front top and one on the bottom, making it a more familiar setup to other phones on

the market. The inclusion of a dedicated sub-woofer is an intriguing design choice, but I’m sceptical about how much of a dierence this will make due to the limited

speaker size.

The LG G5 and HTC 10 boast Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology, while the other phones have settled for last year’s 2.0 version. The 3.0 upgrade doesn’t make

a notable dierence to change times, but it is more ecient and might mean that your phone doesn’t heat up as much during charging. Fans of wireless charging

still really have just one option though, and that’s the Samsung Galaxy S7.

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We won’t say too much about build quality until we have the phones side by side, but it’s safe to say that the HTC 10’s metal body is very well made. The glass back

on the Galaxy S7 is certainly nice too, but we have not been so won over by the LG G5’s design and the recent metal primer ᙃasco

(http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g5-plastic-primer-paint-683820/)hasn’t helped either. Aesthetics are certainly going to be one of the more subjective points, but

HTC looks to be back on form with the 10.

The HTC 10 certainly matches up well against the best that Android has to oer, on paper at least, and could well be the handset that fans of the manufacturer have

been waiting for. How do you think the HTC 10 compares with the very best on the market right now?

See also:

HTC 10 hands on (http://www.androidauthority.com/video/htc-10-hands-on/)

HTC 10 vs HTC On e M9 (http://www.androidauthority.com/htc-10-vs-htc-one-m9-685268/)

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