Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Samsung Exynos 990

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs Samsung Exynos 990. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888
913477
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
CPU244750201538
GPU305779231438
Memory162981138841
UX199967155432
NanoReview Score913477727249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Stability63 %60 %
Graphics Test34 fps22 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
File Compression160.7 MB/s126.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s68.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec90.2 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s9.95 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s21 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s60.6 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec88.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec3.37 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2730
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 Mali-G77 MP11
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 832 MHz
Execution Units 3 11
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 768 352
FLOPS 1290.2 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 780 Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 15 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 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 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 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 X60 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 December, 2020 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8350 S5E9830

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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