Samsung Exynos 990
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 990 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2730 MHz (2730 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (7 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2021 (October 2019 vs October 2021)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2019
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9830
Model Name
SM6225
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
6 nm
2730 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G77 MP11
GPU name
Adreno 610
800 MHz
GPU frequency
1110 MHz
1.126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.284 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
128
11
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2400
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 7350 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
5.1
Bluetooth
5.1
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
9 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 990
842 +103%
Snapdragon 680
414
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 990
2672 +85%
Snapdragon 680
1447
FP32 (float)
Exynos 990
1149 +296%
Snapdragon 680
290
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 990
721171 +128%
Snapdragon 680
316260