Exynos 990 vs Exynos 1280
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Exynos 1280 (Mali-G68 MP4). 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 990
- Supports 159% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 17 GB/s)
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 46%) AnTuTu 10 score – 706K vs 482K
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (2730 vs 2400 MHz)
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1280
- Announced 2-years and 5-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
Promotion
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 200722 | 143324 |
| GPU | 194919 | 127938 |
| Memory | 132605 | 86144 |
| UX | 175768 | 121019 |
| Total score | 706884 | 482850 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 126.3 MB/sec | 97.2 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 68.4 pages/sec | 50.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 90.2 Mpixels/sec | 70.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 60.6 images/sec | 36 images/sec |
| HDR | 88.9 Mpixels/sec | 70.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 9.95 images/sec | 5.92 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 21 images/sec | 18.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.37 Mpixels/sec | 3.04 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
Promotion
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 53% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 4298 | 2287 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Exynos 1280CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Mali-G68 MP4 |
| Architecture | Valhall 1st gen | Valhall 2nd gen |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 11 | 4 |
| Shading units | 64 | - |
| Total shaders | 704 | - |
| FLOPS | 1126 Gigaflops | 487 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 108MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 4K 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 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7350 Mbps | Up to 2550 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 1840 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | March 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E9830 | S5E8825 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | Samsung Exynos 1280 official site |
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