Exynos 990 vs Exynos 7904
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Exynos 7904 (Mali-G71 MP2). 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 990
- Performs 18.4x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.8x) AnTuTu 9 score – 574K vs 150K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 14 nm)
- 52% higher CPU clock speed (2730 vs 1800 MHz)
- Announced 8-months later
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 152345 | 50057 |
| GPU | 185581 | 23292 |
| Memory | 113664 | 28923 |
| UX | 119531 | 47973 |
| Total score | 574508 | 150808 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 148.8 Mpixels/s | 58.3 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.4 images/s | 8.23 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 50.7 words/s | 19.65 words/s |
| Machine learning | 55.4 images/s | 13.6 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 27.5 images/s | 6.64 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.61 Mnodes/s | 1.18 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 813.1 Krows/s | 311.15 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Exynos 7904CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 2 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Mali-G71 MP2 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 800 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Execution units | 11 | 2 |
| Shading units | 176 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 1196 Gigaflops | 65 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | No |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 2400 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5123 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 422 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | February 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E9830 | S5E7904 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | Samsung Exynos 7904 official site |
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