Take a look at the performance of the Samsung Galaxy A73, and find out how well it performs against the competition!
Samsung Galaxy A73 : How Fast Is It?
The Samsung Galaxy A73 Ultra runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G – a premium mid-range mobile SoC announced on May 19, 2021.
Fabricated on the 6 nm process technology, the Snapdragon 778G boasts a powerful Adreno 642L GPU, as well as eight processor cores in a triple-tier architecture :
- a Kryo 670 Prime core running at up to 2.4 GHz,
- three sustained-performance Kryo 670 Gold cores running at up to 2.2 GHz, and
- four energy-efficient Kryo 670 Silver cores running at 1.8 GHz
While the Snapdragon 778G isn’t a new mobile SoC, you will be surprised by how fast it is in the Galaxy A73…
Samsung Galaxy A73 : Work Performance
We first tested the Galaxy A73 using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.
| Work 3.0 | Galaxy Z Flip 3 |
Galaxy S22 Ultra |
Galaxy A73 |
Note20 Ultra |
Galaxy A52 |
| Mobile Platform | SD 888 | SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 778G | Exynos 990 |
SD 750G |
| Performance Score | 13317 | 12860 | 12522 | 10523 | 7874 |
| Web Browsing | 11637 | 10442 | 11736 | 8865 | 7021 |
| Video Editing | 7762 | 7444 | 7082 | 6232 | 5693 |
| Writing | 15316 | 15471 | 14796 | 11112 | 7454 |
| Photo Editing | 25357 | 30177 | 26340 | 30789 | 15812 |
| Data Manipulation | 11938 | 9691 | 9502 | 6825 | 6424 |
Amazingly, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G is as fast as the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in work applications!
When it comes to basic stuff like web browsing, video and photo editing, the Galaxy A73 is as fast as the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and 19% faster than the Galaxy Note20 Ultra!
Samsung Galaxy A73 : Gaming Performance
For gaming, we tested the Galaxy A73 using 3DMark, with these results :
| 3DMark | Galaxy S22 Ultra |
Galaxy Z Flip 3 |
Note20 Ultra |
Galaxy A73 |
Galaxy Note10+ |
| Device | SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 888 | Exynos 990 |
SD 778G | Exynos 9825 |
| Sling Shot Unlimited | 11094 | 9248 | 8026 | 6620 | 3327 |
| Wild Life Unlimited | 9106 | 3952 | 4504 | 2487 | 3288 |
| Wild Life Extreme Unlimited |
2220 | 1174 | 1387 | 689 | 528 |
For older / simpler 3D games, the Sling Shot benchmark showed that the Snapdragon 778G was only 17.5% slower than the Exynos 990, but 40% slower than the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
But when it came to more strenuous games, flagship smartphones like Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 were 2X to 3X faster than the Galaxy A73.
Samsung Galaxy A73 : Overall Performance
We then tested the Galaxy A73 using AnTuTu, yielding these results :
| AnTuTu | Galaxy S22 Ultra |
Galaxy Z Flip 3 |
Galaxy A73 | Note20 Ultra |
Galaxy A52 |
| Device | SD 8 Gen 1 | SD 888 | SD 778G | Exynos 990 |
SD 750G |
| AnTuTu Score | 889167 | 696767 | 523209 | 522735 | 341908 |
| CPU | 203090 | 206228 | 159238 | 146783 | 105098 |
| GPU | 402617 | 242573 | 159364 | 215205 | 88068 |
| Memory | 146002 | 133586 | 88705 | 89376 | 60642 |
| UX | 137458 | 114380 | 115902 | 71371 | 88100 |
The AnTuTu benchmark confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy A73 is really quite a powerful smartphone, matching the performance of the Galaxy Note20 Ultra.
Even though Galaxy A73 costs less than half that of the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy Z Flip 3, it was only 41% and 25% slower.
The Snapdragon 778G also ran cool, increasing its temperature by just 1.2°C. The Galaxy S22 Ultra, in comparison, saw its temperature jumped by over 10°C in the same test!
Samsung Galaxy A73 : Performance Summary
The Galaxy A73 is the premium mid-range Samsung smartphone for 2022, and it does not disappoint.
Built around the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G, it offers excellent work performance, equivalent to the best flagship smartphones for basic tasks as well as photo and video editing.
Its gaming performance is not flagship-class, as the benchmarks show, but it was no slouch. It will readily handle most games just fine, even AAA games.
Samsung Galaxy A73 Colour + Availability!
Here in Malaysia, the Galaxy A73 smartphone is available in three colour options :
- Awesome White
- Awesome Mint
- Awesome Gray
There is only one variant, at this price point :
- 8 GB + 256 GB : RM 2,099 (about US$499 / £379 / A$679 / S$679)
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