Exynos 990 vs A12X Bionic
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Apple A12X Bionic (Apple A12X Bionic GPU). 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 990
- Supports 42% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 31 GB/s)
- Announced later
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (2730 vs 2500 MHz)
Pros of Apple A12X Bionic
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 8 score – 627K vs 515K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 152105 | - |
| GPU | 218710 | - |
| Memory | 80184 | - |
| UX | 73155 | - |
| Total score | 515467 | 627269 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 148.8 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 20.4 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 50.7 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 55.4 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 27.5 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.61 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 813.1 Krows/s | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and A12X BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 2048 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 10 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 15 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Apple A12X Bionic GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall | - |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 11 | 7 |
| Shading units | 176 | - |
| FLOPS | 1196 Gigaflops | 1300 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 64 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 31 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5123 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 422 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | October 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | - |
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