 Ok guys, this is the battle video you've been waiting for between the Snapdragon 888 versus the Exynos 2100 for the Galaxy S21 Ultra. And this will be all about gaming, so let's jump in. Hey guys, welcome to this video, this is Thundee again on the channel and thank you for watching. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button when you do, notification icon, you will be gifted with videos like this where we talk about gaming. Now the Galaxy S21 Ultra is officially out, I finally got my hands on the Exynos version and I asked you guys simple questions, what kind of games would you like me to see, especially graphically intensive games. And you guys spoke and I added a few more to this list, I took one out which is Fortnite because honestly it's not been updated yet, so I'm taking that out of the picture. But some of you asked for Evil Land and that was the new inclusion to my list. But before we get into that gaming section, let's take a look at both devices. The Galaxy S21 Ultra in black is the Snapdragon AAA version, the US version, while the Phantom Silver is the Exynos 2100. They look very similar, there are no differences on the devices except just a slight detail on the back of the device, where you do have the Samsung logo on both, but on the Exynos version you have the IME number written on there and a few other things which I guess is just what you have to do in Europe. But either way, both devices are the same, they both have of course QHD plus displays and those displays are 120 Hertz variable refresh rate which is something you can see clearly on both displays and it is nice to see. Now in terms of performance, this is where we're going to take a look at some of the benchmarks first before we get into some gaming. So let's start off with our very first set of benchmarks. So the very first benchmark at a 3D mark which we're going to be running on both devices with of course the Snapdragon on my left and the Exynos on the right and when it's all said and done, these cores are very close but the Exynos has the edge 5,737 compared to 5,732 with an average frame rate for the Exynos at 34.4 frames per second and 34.1 frames per second which seems like they're pretty much close together. Now we do know that the Exynos device had clocks at a higher clock speed about 2.8 while Snapdragon is clocked at 1.84 for the cores. But does this mean that the Exynos is now finally better? I don't think so, but does it mean the Snapdragon is less? Not really, again these numbers are really really close. Now let's take a look at our very first game because of course benchmarks didn't tell you all the story. And I'll start off with of course tried and true trusted Call of Duty Mobile. Now Call of Duty Mobile is something that runs really well on a lot of devices and I shouldn't see any kind of differences. Now before we start I use a benchmark tool called GameBench. I like to use GameBench because it allows me to go in and see a lot of things. Definitely use them if you want to the link is down below. So with GameBench looking at Call of Duty Mobile on the Snapdragon 888 device we have an average of 60 frames per second which is pretty nice and FPS stability is 99% while on the Exynos version it is also the same at 60 frames per second with FPS stability at 99%. We also see that on the Exynos version the RAM usage is up to 1200 megabits per second while on the Snapdragon version the RAM usage is at 1000 megabits per second. So slightly less but again very very similar in terms of performance. So that is actually pretty cool. Now let's move on to a game that is more intensive in terms of GPU actualization. That is PUBG Mobile and of course with PUBG we always use various settings for the game. One thing I did find and hopefully it changes but it gives the Snapdragon version an edge is that you cannot play PUBG at ultra, ultra HD. That is just not possible right now on the Exynos version. They said an update will be coming so we'll have to wait and see. So I couldn't test that but with of course the Snapdragon version it does run PUBG at that and it runs at 40 frames with 100% FPS stability. So that's something the Snapdragon version can do. Currently the Exynos version cannot but we still have to compare them. So smooth extreme is the setting we went for and with smooth extreme the Snapdragon version did a solid 60 frames per second, 99% FPS stability and the average memory usage is 906 megabits per second. Now when we move over to the Exynos version, again 60 FPS, 99% FPS stability and the random usage is 1082, a little higher gain on the memory usage on the Exynos version but it still seems that it can run the game at that setting quite well. So that is definitely good to know. Now as we continue the next thing we want to do is run another benchmark test and this time it is Geek Benchmark 5. So with Geek Benchmark 5 we can see the difference between the clock speeds for both the Snapdragon and the Exynos version and how does that actually compare when we actually run those benchmarks. So in single core performance the Snapdragon is at 1126 while the Exynos is at 1112 while the multicore performance of the Snapdragon is 3487 and the Exynos is 3467. So what does that mean? Again it's really close. So to me this tells me that Exynos has closed that gap in terms of benchmark performance matrix and what we've seen so far gameplay wise it's also kind of matched that as well. So as far as I'm concerned they're pretty much close in terms of performance but you guys have seen those numbers but I know you guys care about performance in gaming. So how does Genshin Impact actually perform on both devices? Let's jump in and check that out. So we'll start off with the Exynos version this time and this is where we saw some interesting performance differences. So we set Genshin at its max performance at 60 FPS, everything at high for both. And on the Exynos version it ran an average of 50 frames per second, 96% FPS stability. The RAM usage was at 2,000 GB. So basically 2 GB of RAM was used for this which was quite different. And as we move over to the Snapdragon version, Snapdragon ran Genshin at 60 FPS with a 100% FPS stability. So there's a difference there in performance, not that much, it's 10 FPS if it's something you care about but again you know what we want to run games at 60 FPS so that actually shows me there's a much more difference. And again the RAM usage is much lower at 1,577 so 500 megabits of RAM less in usage. Again, performance is more balanced and also better on the Snapdragon version but the Exynos version is not far off. Now before we get into evil lands, I want to talk about temperatures. This is where I am shocked this year with Samsung. Usually Samsung has really good thermos on the devices in the past. I've never passed 104 degrees. With both devices I got to 109. Now the Exynos actually ran a little hotter at some points but the average is around 109 degrees which I just found really shocking. It got closer to like 110, 12 for the Exynos version while the Snapdragon was like 110. Again this is something that I don't know what's happening with Samsung, it just runs too hot for me, maybe it's because they're just trying to push it as much as possible. But temperatures beware because this I found intriguing while playing evil lands which as a suggestion you guys gave so I want to thank you for that. And when we move to evil lands here we also see some clear distinct differences again. So evil lands on the Snapdragon 888 version I got an average FPS of 81 frames per second with FPS stability of 88 and RAM usage of 1200. So it ran above 60 frames quite well. This game can do 120 frames but it's really hard. It's a gorgeous game by the way it looks absolutely beautiful it's one that you should definitely check out of play. Now on the Exynos version here we see an 89 FPS average and FPS stability at 96%. So much better FPS stability here and RAM usage is 1400. So here this is where the Exynos does a bit better in terms of FPS stability over the Snapdragon but the FPS range is still the same as roughly around 8 FPS difference. So again what we've clearly seen across the board is that the RAM usage is the same across the board. Now I also want to talk about one other benchmark tool which you've probably seen throughout the video and this is game plugging. I want to thank you guys for also mentioning this. This is a built-in plugging for galaxy devices you can get in the galaxy store that shows you the FPS you can also customize the things you want to do on the side and you can also have the FPS stated on any side of your screen. Now this is a good tool to use because it also confirms what I'm seeing here with GameBench. Now one more game you guys also mentioned was Sky. Sky is a fun game and I was actually hoping to play this game for quite a bit. Now in terms of FPS range this game is locked in at 32 frames per second for both the Snapdragon and the Exynos version so you're really not getting any difference here but it's a lovely game for you guys to check out. Now when it comes to emulators some of you are asking is there a difference between the Snapdragon version and the Exynos version. We tried two emulators, Redream and of course PS2 emulation. We Redream, it was fine. They both ran at 60 FPS for both the Snapdragon 3.8 and the Exynos version and when we played God of War 2 on both the Snapdragon and the Exynos version they both ran at 60 FPS and the games played pretty well. I did play touch screen on the Exynos and the Snapdragon version. The Exynos I actually used my Razer Kishi but either they were both 60 FPS so if you're using the emulators on both you're going to get some really solid performance. So what are my final thoughts right? What is the gaming difference between the Snapdragon version and the Exynos version? Honestly they're pretty much the same. I mean there are some differences here and there. We do know PUBG currently doesn't have Ultra HD but I think that's just an update and we do know there is a difference in Genshin Impact in about 10 FPS and also there's also a slight difference with Exynos version. They have a slightly higher performance in evil ads. So it means they are roughly around the same with just the margin of difference. So if it was a plus or minus 5 then there's really just close by a 5 FPS difference with the Snapdragon taking the slight edge. So if you are in a region right now that you are looking to become a Galaxy S21 Ultra the Exynos version I can tell you from the benchmarks I'm seeing here while gaming you're getting the same performance as we are getting here in the US. I think a lot of people would like to hear that and that's pretty good. So I think gaming wise is pretty much close together. In terms of battery life and battery performance I know a lot of you asked me to do a battery drain test which is something I don't like to do and I don't think anybody does it well. I can tell you that battery drain with my most janky battery drain app which is called generic battery drain basically came out to them draining at the same time. So it both drained around 3 hours and 30 seconds just using the application there and it seems like from all I've seen from other people is that they both have the same equivalent battery life so you should be happy with that kind of performance.