Samsung Exynos 990
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Samsung Exynos 990 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2020
Samsung Exynos 990
Samsung Exynos 990
Released
Q3/2021
Overall score
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

What's the best choice Samsung Exynos 990 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Samsung Exynos 990 has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q1/2020.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus has a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q3/2021.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    924 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 10% better clock speed

    2.00 GHz left arrow 1.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 990 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    823 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    858 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    291 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    18 place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 9 % better overclocked clock speed

    3.00 GHz left arrow 2.73 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    155 place

Specifications

Technical data
Samsung Exynos 990 Samsung Exynos 990
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Samsung Exynos left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • CPU group
    Samsung Exynos 990 left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 8
CPU Technical specs

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.

  • Core architecture
    hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
  • Frequency
    2.00 GHz left arrow 1.80 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.73 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.73 GHz left arrow 2.42 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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-G77 MP11 left arrow Qualcomm Adreno 660
  • GPU frequency
    0.80 GHz left arrow 0.84 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    11 left arrow 0
  • Shader
    176 left arrow 0
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 0
  • Generation
    Vallhall 1 left arrow 6
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q1/2021
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus and Samsung Exynos 990. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR5-2750 left arrow LPDDR5-3200
  • Max. Memory
    12 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 4
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 990 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    1.50 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Exynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55 left arrow Kryo 680
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q3/2021
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow SM8350-AC

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Samsung Exynos 990 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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