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Samsung Exynos 850

Released Aug 20, 2020Mobile Chipset

Eight Cortex-A55 efficiency cores on 8nm - the Galaxy A21s and M12 chip. No performance cores at all: the honest definition of an entry phone.

Pros

  • Frugal 8nm power draw
  • Cheap Galaxy availability
  • Adequate for basics

Cons

  • No big cores whatsoever
  • Mali-G52 MP1 minimal GPU
  • Slow storage pairings
25.7Inno Score

Below average

Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.

CPU20
GPU20
Efficiency46.7

Full specifications

Everything we track for the Samsung Exynos 850

General

Announced
2020
Process
8 nm
TDP (typical)
4 W
Architecture
Armv8.2

CPU

Cores
8
Core configuration
8x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock
2 GHz

GPU

GPU
Arm Mali-G52 MP1

Memory

Memory type
LPDDR4X-1600
Max bandwidth
12.8 GB/s

Connectivity

Modem
Integrated LTE Cat-7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth
5.0

Media

Max display
FHD+ @ 60Hz
Video capture
1080p@30fps

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (single)
170Bottom 3%
Geekbench 6 (multi)
600Bottom 2%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
140Bottom 10%

Quick answers

Is the Samsung Exynos 850 good in 2026?

The Samsung Exynos 850 earns an Inno Score of 25.7/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Eight Cortex-A55 efficiency cores on 8nm - the Galaxy A21s and M12 chip. No performance cores at all: the honest definition of an entry phone.

What are the key specs of the Samsung Exynos 850?

Cores: 8 · Process: 8 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G52 MP1

What are the closest alternatives to the Samsung Exynos 850?

Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Huawei Kirin 710, Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.

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