Samsung Exynos 980 vs Samsung Exynos 990. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 990
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A77 2x Exynos M5
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A55 2x Cortex-A76
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 2 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A55
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.2 GHz 2.73 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.2 GHz 2.73 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  5 11
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 Vallhall 1
• GPU Frequency
  720 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G76 MP5 ARM Mali-G77 MP11
• GPU Turbo
  720 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q2/2019
• Shader
  80 176
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 990 and Samsung Exynos 980. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  12 GB 12 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR5-2750

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 980 and Samsung Exynos 990 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 980 and Samsung Exynos 990, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Exynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 1.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 2.00 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2020
• Technology
  8 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None