Exynos 990 vs Exynos 2500
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 990 (Mali-G77 MP11) with the newer 10-core Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) SoC. 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 2500
- Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 990
- Performs 7x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.5x) AnTuTu 11 score β 2289K vs 907K
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- Supports 75% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 44 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- 21% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2730 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~20%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 370196 | 771016 |
| GPU | 130687 | 723824 |
| Memory | 151878 | 356421 |
| UX | 254379 | 438435 |
| Total score | 907140 | 2289696 |
| Samples | [50 tests] | [8 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 139.9 MB/sec | 390.2 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 80.6 pages/sec | 179.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 99.8 Mpixels/sec | 218.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 66.4 images/sec | 247.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 98.7 Mpixels/sec | 309 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 10.4 images/sec | 36.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 30.6 images/sec | 89.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.92 Mpixels/sec | 12.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 20 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 7.47 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.84 images/sec | 15.1 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | 0.45 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.27 Gpixels/sec | 1.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 15.8 Gpixels/sec | 82.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 955.5 FPS | 3446.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | 8 tests | 2 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 391 | 2231 |
| Stability | 73% | 54% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 17 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 9397 |
| Graphics test | - | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 43 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 29 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 1416 | - |
| Stability | 65% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10705 | 15720 |
| Video editing score | 6884 | 8133 |
| Data manipulation score | 8823 | 11954 |
| Photo editing score | 30928 | 32035 |
| Writing score | 11422 | 22532 |
| Phones tested | 6 models | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 990
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| π 2026-07-24 (Ctvy970) | AnTuTu 11 | 922959 |
Samsung Exynos 2500
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-16 -> INFC | AnTuTu 11 | 2220403 |
| π 2026-01-01 (Koss) | AnTuTu 11 | 2437711 |
| π 2025-12-19 (Yell) | AnTuTu 11 | 2112394 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18873 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | AnTuTu 11 | 2496663 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Exynos 2500CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz β Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz β Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X925 2x 2.74 GHz β Cortex-A725 5x 2.36 GHz β Cortex-A725 2x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| Architecture | Valhall 1st gen | RDNA 3 |
| GPU frequency | 832 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Pipelines | 11 | 8 |
| Shading units | 32 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 352 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 585.7 Gigaflops | 4091.9 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| NPU theoretical performance | 15 TOPS | 59 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gb/s | 76.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 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 5400 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7350 Mbps | Up to 12100 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3670 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | June 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9830 | S5E9955 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 2500 | - |
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