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Exynos 990 vs Snapdragon 865

Exynos 990
VS
Snapdragon 865
Exynos 990
Snapdragon 865

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (9)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 990
  • Higher GPU frequency (~42%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 990
  • Performs 54% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 11 score – 978K vs 907K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Exynos 990
vs
Snapdragon 865

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Exynos 990
907140
Snapdragon 865 +8%
978910
CPU 370196 385127
GPU 130687 148169
Memory 151878 166070
UX 254379 279544
Total score 907140 978910
Samples [50 tests] [104 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Exynos 990 +5%
1222
Snapdragon 865
1169
Multi-Core Score
Exynos 990
3060
Snapdragon 865 +4%
3191
Asset compression 139.9 MB/sec 149.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 80.6 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 99.8 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 66.4 images/sec 77 images/sec
HDR 98.7 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 10.4 images/sec 11 images/sec
Photo processing 30.6 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.92 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 20 tests 52 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Exynos 990 +27%
5261
Snapdragon 865
4131
Background blur 7.47 images/sec 4.53 images/sec
Face detection 3.84 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.25 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.27 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.8 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 955.5 FPS 567.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 8 tests 34 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 391 -
Stability 73% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Exynos 990 +28%
1416
Snapdragon 865
1110
Score 1416 1110
Stability 65% 99%
Graphics test 8 FPS 6 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Exynos 990
11402
Snapdragon 865 +2%
11621
Web score 10705 9557
Video editing score 6884 5874
Data manipulation score 8823 8658
Photo editing score 30928 29642
Writing score 11422 14782
Phones tested 6 models 14 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 61 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 30 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 990
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Tomio.tomato)AnTuTu 121064880
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-16 -> SamsungS8HypeAnTuTu 111236527
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (TimFire)AnTuTu 11868691
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-05 (Chryso27)AnTuTu 11815064
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Ctvy970)AnTuTu 11922959
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigante Supremo)AnTuTu 121111940
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (MAPKIS)AnTuTu 121102560
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (the kroco's)AnTuTu 121088974
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (mptech)AnTuTu 11995050
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (mptech)AnTuTu 11973656
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Snapdragon 865

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55		 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2730 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 10.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP11 Adreno 650
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU frequency 832 MHz 587 MHz
Pipelines 11 3
Shading units 32 256
Total shaders 352 768
FLOPS 585.7 Gigaflops 901.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version - 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 698
NPU theoretical performance 15 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5123 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7350 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2019 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9830 SM8250-AB
Official page Samsung Exynos 990 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Comments

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Wews January 27, 2022 at 06:52 AM
well, the overclocked sd 865 gpu which has 940mhz, just makes exynos cry
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The NiGhTsHoT July 17, 2023 at 09:07 AM
670MHz. And no. It's about as fast. But runs way cooler. Mali G77 MP11 at 800MHz runs hot and throttles extremely fast.
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Luna March 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
The NiGhTsHoT, I own an Oppo Find X3 Neo that boasts an overclocked 865, running its GPU at 905 MHz. It consistently delivers superior performance compared to the Exynos and doesn't suffer from thermal throttling at all.
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Dene Barntt March 10, 2021 at 05:05 AM
Just purchased my note 20 ultra, went to the trouble of tracking down the snapdragon varient. Samsung need to get it right. Luv their flag ship phones, do not necessarily like inferior processors in these hand sets . Was kind of hoping for Huawei to really innovate past Samsung. The note with integral pen pretty hard to beat though. Samsung need to get the exynos processors performing or do something different with the processors that they offer up.
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Bobby December 10, 2020 at 09:54 AM
Bought Snapdragon variant from Korea to the UK simply because of this performance difference... Now that I have them both I can tell you that in Geekbench, the Exynos is So much faster in Open CL an Vulkan performance.... In VRMARK it scores higher than my snapdragon 865+ albeit slightly and the same for 3dmark... it actually scores the same if not higher than the snapdragon! Now 3d mark stress test is another thing.... I set both note 20 ultra and the exynos throttled hard to 8 or 9 fps after just 12 minutes in the 20 minute stress test... But the Snapdragon is still running a solid 27-29fps! It didn't throttle one bit!
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Bob sheruncle August 24, 2020 at 11:51 PM
When will Samsung treat UK citizens to Snapdragon processors for the same price? I won't buy a Samsung until they deliver Snapdragon in UK phones.
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Kaushik September 16, 2020 at 02:58 PM
Agree.. Samsung makes fool of is giving an inferior Exynos chip at the same price of a Snapdragon version!! Not going to buy if they don't change this policy for UK and most of the Asian Countries.
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Ori November 17, 2020 at 05:42 PM
The next exynos will be better
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nori January 6, 2022 at 06:09 PM
Ori, it is gonna be crap as always.
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