Exynos 990 vs Exynos 2100
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Exynos 2100 (Mali-G78 MP14). 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
- Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 10 score – 706K vs 628K
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2100
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Performs 36% better in floating-point computations
- Announced 1-year and 2-months later
- Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 44 GB/s)
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (2900 vs 2730 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~7%)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 200722 | 140597 |
| GPU | 194919 | 209723 |
| Memory | 132605 | 134992 |
| UX | 175768 | 139479 |
| Total score | 706884 | 628535 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 126.3 MB/sec | 146 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 68.4 pages/sec | 84.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 90.2 Mpixels/sec | 110 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 60.6 images/sec | 69.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 88.9 Mpixels/sec | 103.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 9.95 images/sec | 10.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 21 images/sec | 32.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.37 Mpixels/sec | 4.24 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 53% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 34 FPS |
| Score | 4298 | 5714 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Exynos 2100CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1 3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| TDP | 9 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Mali-G78 MP14 |
| Architecture | Valhall 1st gen | Valhall 2nd gen |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 854 MHz |
| Execution units | 11 | 14 |
| Shading units | 64 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 704 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 1126 Gigaflops | 1530.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, 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 32MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5123 | Exynos 5300 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7350 Mbps | Up to 7350 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3670 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | December 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9830 | S5E9840 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | Samsung Exynos 2100 official site |
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