Exynos 990 vs Exynos 1080
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Exynos 1080 (Mali-G78 MP10). 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 1080
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 990
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Announced 1-year and 1-month later
- Shows better (up to 18%) AnTuTu 9 score – 703K vs 596K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 159236 | 181167 |
| GPU | 234975 | 256274 |
| Memory | 111280 | 125393 |
| UX | 94560 | 141818 |
| Total score | 596966 | 703645 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 148.8 Mpixels/s | 153.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.4 images/s | 30 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 50.7 words/s | 53.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 55.4 images/s | 53.7 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 27.5 images/s | 25.9 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.61 Mnodes/s | 3.53 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 813.1 Krows/s | 875.8 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 49% | - |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | - |
| Score | 3811 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Exynos 1080CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| TDP | 9 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Mali-G78 MP10 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Execution units | 11 | 10 |
| Shading units | 176 | 160 |
| FLOPS | 1196 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Processor |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 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 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 422 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | November 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E9830 | S5E9815 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | Samsung Exynos 1080 official site |
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