Exynos 980 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 980 (Mali-G76 MP5) with the newer 6-core Apple A13 Bionic (Apple A13 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 980
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Performs 3.6x better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~69%)
- Shows significantly better (up to 72%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1101K vs 640K
- 20% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2200 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 274118 | 296803 |
| GPU | 61069 | 301818 |
| Memory | 117515 | 149834 |
| UX | 187915 | 353396 |
| Total score | 640617 | 1101851 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [47 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 95.1 MB/sec | 146.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 36.6 pages/sec | 90.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 61.6 Mpixels/sec | 103.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 35.3 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 59.5 Mpixels/sec | 130.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 6.11 images/sec | 13.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 15 images/sec | 38.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.7 Mpixels/sec | 4.69 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 91 tests | 12 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 2.18 images/sec | 20.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.32 images/sec | 25.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.11 Gpixels/sec | 0.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 4.04 Gpixels/sec | 45.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 136.1 FPS | 1367.9 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | - | 8 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 2564 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 2001 |
| Stability | 99% | 70% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 60 FPS [High] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Apple iPhone 11 Pro 828 x 1792 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 980
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-04-07 (CORE CHEn) | AnTuTu 11 | 640617 |
| π 2026-03-24 -> Skyblue | AnTuTu 11 | 603944 |
Apple A13 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 13778 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1788 / 4241 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | AnTuTu 11 | 1115933 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Deni) | AnTuTu 11 | 824750 |
| π 2026-09-21 (ΠΠ²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 980 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz β Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.65 GHz β Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz β Thunder |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G76 MP5 | Apple A13 GPU |
| Architecture | Bifrost 3rd gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 728 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Pipelines | 5 | 4 |
| Shading units | 24 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 120 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 174.7 Gigaflops | 629.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 5 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3360 x 1440 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5123 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 3550 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1380 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2019 | September 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9630 | APL1W85 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 980 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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