Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Samsung Exynos 990

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs Samsung Exynos 990. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 870
819661
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
CPU237856201538
GPU281535231438
Memory125373138841
UX174897155432
NanoReview Score819661727249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Stability90 %60 %
Graphics Test25 fps22 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
File Compression148.4 MB/s126.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s68.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec90.2 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s9.95 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s21 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s60.6 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec88.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec3.37 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 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 3200 2730
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 650 Mali-G77 MP11
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 832 MHz
Execution Units 3 11
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 768 352
FLOPS 1029.1 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 698 Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 15 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2400 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X55 Exynos 5123
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AC S5E9830

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