Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Samsung Exynos 990

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Samsung Exynos 990. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Samsung Exynos 990
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
348982
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
CPU116467201538
GPU43728231438
Memory109871138841
UX78916155432
NanoReview Score348982727249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Stability99 %60 %
Graphics Test3 fps22 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
File Compression100 MB/s126.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s68.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec90.2 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s9.95 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s21 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s60.6 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec88.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec3.37 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2730
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 Mali-G77 MP11
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 832 MHz
Execution Units 1 11
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 128 352
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 585.7 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 686 Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 15 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2400 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 Exynos 5123
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD S5E9830

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Samsung Exynos 990 the clear winner in this comparison.

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