The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge splashed down at the MWC and while their cameras and screens are the biggest improvements, they come with brand new chipsets, which we promptly benchmarked.

We tested both the S7 and S7 edge and the difference in form factor didn’t make a difference in performance, so we united their scores.

Note that this is the Exynos 8890 chipset, which is built on a 14nm process and features a total of eight custom Samsung cores – four small and four big ones. They work in tandem with Mali-T880 GPU to deliver awesome performance.

AnTuTu 6 shows a sizeable jump in performance over the old guard, the S6 edge+.

AnTuTu 6
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
114250

Huawei Mate 8
91609

Huawei Nexus 6P
89345

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
83167

LG V10
67547

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
64591

Samsung broke away from the stock ARM Cortex cores, but comparing them to the Huawei Mate 8 (Kirin 950, 4x A72 + 4x A53) the two seem on par (we don’t have single-core scores for the Mate 8 though).

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GeekBench 3 (multi-core)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
6395

Huawei Mate 8
6323

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
5158

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
4759

Huawei Nexus 6P
4539

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
4194

LG V10
3607

GeekBench 3 (single-core)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
2108

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
1466

Then there’s the GPU. The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium has a Snapdragon 810 chipset, but it’s meant to feed its monstrous 4K display and it actually topped the Galaxy S7 in a few tests.

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
26

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
26

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
25

Huawei Nexus 6P
25

Huawei Mate 8
18

LG V10
15

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
13

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
27

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
25

Huawei Mate 8
18

Huawei Nexus 6P
17

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
15

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
13

LG V10
9.5

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
26

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
18

Huawei Nexus 6P
17

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
15

LG V10
10

Huawei Mate 8
10

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
9.3

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
19

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
15

Huawei Mate 8
11

Huawei Nexus 6P
11

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
9.1

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
6.6

LG V10
5.7

Basemark X
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
26333

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
24862

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
24281

Huawei Nexus 6P
22825

Huawei Mate 8
15593

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
15290

LG V10
15161

The Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge got its revenge in the Basemark ES 3.1 test though with a massive advantage.
Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
732

Huawei Nexus 6P
504

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
482

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
348

Huawei Mate 8
311

LG V10
297

Samsung Galaxy A9 (S652)
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