Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs Samsung Exynos 990

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4), vs Samsung Exynos 990. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
CPU602481201538
GPU1165880231438
Memory534209138841
UX442171155432
NanoReview Score2744741727249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Stabilityn/a60 %
Graphics Test143 fps22 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
File Compression382.4 MB/s126.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s68.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec90.2 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s9.95 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s21 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s60.6 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec88.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec3.37 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 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 4320 2730
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache 24 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 Mali-G77 MP11
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 832 MHz
Execution Units 3 11
Shader Units 512 32
Total shader 1536 352
FLOPS 3379.2 GFLOPS 585.7 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 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 Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 15 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 3840x2400 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 Exynos 5123
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8750-AB S5E9830

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) the clear winner in this comparison.

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