Samsung Exynos 9820 vs Samsung Exynos 980. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Samsung Exynos Samsung Exynos
• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 9820 Samsung Exynos 980
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 4

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Exynos M4 2x Cortex-A77
• B-Core
  2x Cortex-A75 6x Cortex-A55
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 --
• Frequency
  1.90 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.70 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G76 MP12 ARM Mali-G76 MP5
• GPU frequency
  0.70 GHz 0.72 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.72 GHz
• Execution units
  12 5
• Shader
  192 80
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 Bifrost 3
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2018

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 980 and Samsung Exynos 9820. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-1866
• Max. Memory
  12 GB 12 GB
• Memory channels
  4 4
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 9820 and Samsung Exynos 980 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 9820 and Samsung Exynos 9820, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1.50 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Exynos M4/Cortex-A75/-A55 Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  8 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q4/2019