Qualcomm, one of the world’s most popular mobile processor developers, introduced its flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, in the past few weeks. The processor, which has spectacular improvements in performance and efficiency, is powered by the ray tracing supported Adreno 740 graphics unit. However, it seems that the ray tracing support of the Adreno 740 may lag behind its competitors.Xclipse 920 graphics unit could not be tested
Having agreed with AMD for Exynos processors in the past years, Samsung supported hardware-based ray tracing on the Exynos 2200 chipset it introduced last year. Although the Xclipse 920 graphics unit of the Exynos 2200 is very powerful on paper, the fact that ray tracing is not supported by many applications and the heating problems of the processor put the Exynos 2200 in the background. However, a new benchmark application showcases the power of the Xclipse 920 graphics unit.
The new benchmark application Vitro, which requires Android 12, Vulkan 1.1, ETC 2 compression, 3GB RAM and ray tracing support, makes it possible to test hardware-supported ray tracing performance on the Android platform for the first time. Tests by Android Authority compare the ray tracing supported Galaxy S22 Ultra and Redmagic 8 Pro.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 lags behind Exynos 2200
In Vitro’s 1080p tests, the Galaxy S22 Ultra powered by Exynos 2200 outstripped Redmagic 8 Pro powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The S22 Ultra averaged 21.6fps, while Redmagic was only able to capture 17.6fps. However, the S22 Ultra’s top fps of 30.3 couldn’t rival Redmagic’s 42.0. At the lowest fps values, Redmagic again lagged behind the Galaxy S22 Ultra.Android Authority then ran the tests 20 times in a row to check the thermal performance of the devices. Although the Galaxy S22 Ultra held the lead in the first 17 tests, it later showed a decrease in performance to reduce the temperature of the device and lagged behind Redmagic. However, according to the team’s comments, when reflections decreased during the test sequence, Redmagic’s performance outstripped the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
It seems that Samsung’s Xclipse 920 graphics unit is indeed a technically successful piece of work. However, it is worth remembering that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is fairly new and performance may change with system updates. Let’s see how Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will perform in ray tracing supported Android games.
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