[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
this discussion is so useless, I don't even understand why people come to this thread everyday just for the sake of arguing. talking about who has a better performance doesn't really matter as probably 99% of everyone commenting here has a note4 already so the decision on the handset and SoC was already made. the discussion should be weather the tiny bit of extra performance in exynos is worth not having options other then TouchWiz. and my answer is no.

IMO the exynos varient prob has better performance. but as I never felt any slugginess with the SD 805, it means its only in the way of benchmarks. so good for you if youre feeling better with higher benchmark results. as for me(and not from reports), the SD 805 never lagged. even with touchwiz.

the main point people forget however is that software is superior to hardware in a lot of ways, and a handset without a decent software is doomed. It's not about ''buying an expensive phone and ditching all of the features you paid for'' which is a bit true, But on the other hand, what's more important, is that you have the CHOICE to switch and try other things. while exynos owners will just say how much it doesn't make sense, the SD 805 owners can just decide to stay with touchwiz like the exynos owners(as they just can't switch) or move to AOSP and enjoy. they have a choice- which is always better. We came to android as we wanted more choice, didn't we? We don't want the Iphone as it's strict and doesn't let you change things. Well, in a way, that's the way with exynos. with SD 805, you don't *have* to switch to AOSP, but you -can-. and that's the beauty of android that samsung just doesn't care about.I know what i'm talking about as I owned an exynos varient of the S4, and never had any ROM to flash other then touchwiz, even though the SD 600 varient had a working and stable CM/AOSP roms from then day one, like we have right now on the SD 805(2 years ahead, and when I just went to check the status on various AOSP roms in the S4 exynos forums I found out all of the previous audio bugs still exist in aosp roms..yup, 2 years after).

after the experience I had with the S4- knowing that I bought the same phone as other people but they have so much choice and options and I can't enjoy them - I decided to never go for a strict handset with Exynos again. extra points in antutu just doesn't matter.

as in terms of why I prefer AOSP over Touchwiz( btw I do flash touchwiz on occasions when I miss it, and then might flash back after awhile) is bc it has to many options. its ridiculously fast and just feels like this is the premium device you paid for. in regards to performance - without overclocking + interactive gov+ all stock settings I got yesterday 55K on antutu. my max ram consumed even when dozens of apps are open is maybe 1.5gb, at max. and I still enjoy my spen(working same as touchwiz) and the only thing I do miss is the multi windows feature, which I find awesome but then again when I really think about it I didn't use it that much.

buttom line- for everyone here with an exynos, don't do the same mistake again. doesn't matter if it's the Snapdragon or any other SoC that is known to have decent development on it. get it ..believe me I've owned the S2, S4, and now the Note 4. android = choice = better.