Exynos 990 vs Snapdragon 888 Plus
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (Adreno 660). 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Performs 2.2x better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 990
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Shows better (up to 33%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1208K vs 907K
- Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2995 vs 2730 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 370196 | 427402 |
| GPU | 130687 | 237850 |
| Memory | 151878 | 183144 |
| UX | 254379 | 360388 |
| Total score | 907140 | 1208784 |
| Samples | [50 tests] | [5 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 139.9 MB/sec | 168.9 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 80.6 pages/sec | 108.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 99.8 Mpixels/sec | 136.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 66.4 images/sec | 89.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 98.7 Mpixels/sec | 124 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 10.4 images/sec | 14.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 30.6 images/sec | 34.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.92 Mpixels/sec | 4.61 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 20 tests | 3 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 7.47 images/sec | 11.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.84 images/sec | 5.76 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.46 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.27 Gpixels/sec | 0.38 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.08 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 15.8 Gpixels/sec | 6.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 955.5 FPS | 552.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | 8 tests | 2 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 391 | - |
| Stability | 73% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 1416 | 1252 |
| Stability | 65% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 7 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10705 | 10869 |
| Video editing score | 6884 | 7477 |
| Data manipulation score | 8823 | 10013 |
| Photo editing score | 30928 | 27933 |
| Writing score | 11422 | 14232 |
| Phones tested | 6 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 990
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-07 (ZailoxTM) | AnTuTu 12 | 1144833 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Tomio.tomato) | AnTuTu 12 | 1064880 |
| π 2026-08-16 -> SamsungS8Hype | AnTuTu 11 | 1236527 |
| π 2026-08-14 (TimFire) | AnTuTu 11 | 868691 |
| π 2026-08-05 (Chryso27) | AnTuTu 11 | 815064 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337) | AnTuTu 11 | 1208784 |
| π 2025-12-15 (Lucas) | AnTuTu 11 | 1200817 |
| π 2025-12-08 (WrongButton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1156304 |
| π 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype) | AnTuTu 11 | 1235608 |
| π 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5117 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Snapdragon 888 PlusCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz β Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz β Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.995 GHz β Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz β Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2995 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 10.3 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Adreno 660 |
| Architecture | Valhall 1st gen | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 832 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 11 | 3 |
| Shading units | 32 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 352 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 585.7 Gigaflops | 1290.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 780 |
| NPU theoretical performance | 15 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 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 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
| 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 | X60 |
| 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 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | June 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9830 | SM8350-AC |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 2500 | - |
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