Samsung Exynos 990 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 990, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 990 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU201538104065
GPU23143839362
Memory13884192127
UX15543272779
NanoReview Score727249308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Stability60 %n/a
Graphics Test22 fps3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression126.3 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser68.4 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering90.2 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur9.95 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing21 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection60.6 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR88.9 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.37 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2730 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G77 MP11 Adreno 610
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 832 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 11 1
Shader Units 32 128
Total shader 352 128
FLOPS 585.7 GFLOPS 285.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

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

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 3840x2400 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x64 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

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

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename S5E9830 SM6225

Results

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

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