I want to check if I have a Snapdragon or Exynos chipset. How could I check this quickly? I need this info because I plan to root my phone, and it matters, exactly which chipset the phone has.
I have tried to find this info inside the phone, but no luck.
Do I need to install some app, or can I get this info without additional software, by reading it somewhere inside the phone?
The U.S. variant of the mobile phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, while Samsung's own Exynos 8 processor powers the international iteration of the phone.
First you'll need to find your device's Model Number.
You can find this in Settings > About Device, under the field Model Number.
It may look something like: SM-G930F.
If your device is in a state where you cannot navigate to Settings > About Device, please refer to the bottom of my post for alternative methods to lookup your model number.
Once you've found your model number, you can look up its chipset in my source, or in the tables below:
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║ Country / Region ║ Cell Phone Carrier ║ Model Number ║ Chipset ║
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║ Canada ║ BELL MOBILITY ║ SM-G930W8 ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ China ║ ALL ║ SM-G9300, SM-G9308 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ Europe ║ ALL ║ SM-G930F ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ KT ║ SM-G930K ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ LGT ║ SM-G930L ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ SKT ║ SM-G930S ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Southeast Asia ║ ALL ║ SM-G930FD Duos* ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ US ║ CRICKET ║ SM-G930AZ ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ AT&T ║ SM-G930A ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ METROPCS ║ SM-G930T1 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ LTE RURAL VERIZON ║ SM-G930R6 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ C SPIRE WIRELESS ║ SM-G930R7 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ SPRINT PCS ║ SM-G930P ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ T-MOBILE ║ SM-G930T ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ US CELLULAR ║ SM-G930R4 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ VERIZON ║ SM-G930V ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ UNLOCKED ║ SM-G930U ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
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* Dual-sim
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║ Country / Region ║ Cell Phone Carrier ║ Model Number ║ Chipset ║
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║ Canada ║ BELL MOBILITY ║ SM-G935W8 ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ China ║ ALL ║ SM-G9350 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ Europe ║ ALL ║ SM-G935F ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ KT ║ SM-G935K ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ LGT ║ SM-G935L ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Korea ║ SKT ║ SM-G935S ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ Southeast Asia ║ ALL ║ SM-G935FD Duos* ║ Exynos 8890 ║
║ US ║ CRICKET ║ SM-G935AZ ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ AT&T ║ SM-G935A ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ METROPCS ║ SM-G935T1 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ LTE RURAL VERIZON ║ SM-G935R6 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ C SPIRE WIRELESS ║ SM-G935R7 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ SPRINT PCS ║ SM-G935P ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ T-MOBILE ║ SM-G935T ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ US CELLULAR ║ SM-G935R4 ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ VERIZON ║ SM-G935V ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
║ US ║ UNLOCKED ║ SM-G935U ║ Snapdragon 820 ║
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* Dual-sim
If your device is in a state where you can't get as far as Settings > About Device, then you can resort instead to rebooting into recovery mode or into ODIN mode.
Recovery mode displays the model number SM-G930F like so:
Android Recovery
MMB29K.G930FXXU1BPHJ
samsung/heroltexx/herolte
6.0.1/MMB29K/G930FXXU1BPHJ
user/release-keys
And ODIN mode displays the model number SM-G930F like so:
ODIN MODE
Download speed: fast
Product name: SM-G930F
Current binary: Samsung official
System status: official
FRP lock: ON
Secure download: enabled
Warranty void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:1 K:0 S:0
Please install CPU-Z from Play Store. I had similar problem with my Samsung Galaxy NOTE4 N910C. Link -> CPU-Z
