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Exynos 990 vs Exynos 9825

Exynos 990
VS
Exynos 9825
Exynos 990
Exynos 9825

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and Exynos 9825 (Mali-G76 MP12). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (3)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 990
  • Performs 35% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 32% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 33.4 GB/s)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~10%)
  • Shows slightly better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 11 score – 907K vs 798K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Exynos 990
vs
Exynos 9825

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Exynos 990 +14%
907140
Exynos 9825
798922
CPU 370196 296289
GPU 130687 141109
Memory 151878 170792
UX 254379 190732
Total score 907140 798922
Samples [50 tests] [12 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Exynos 990 +18%
1222
Exynos 9825
1035
Multi-Core Score
Exynos 990 +21%
3060
Exynos 9825
2528
Asset compression 139.9 MB/sec 112.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 80.6 pages/sec 72.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 99.8 Mpixels/sec 77 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 66.4 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
HDR 98.7 Mpixels/sec 84.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 10.4 images/sec 7.61 images/sec
Photo processing 30.6 images/sec 26.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.92 Mpixels/sec 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Samples 20 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Exynos 990 +1%
5261
Exynos 9825
5214
Background blur 7.47 images/sec 7.65 images/sec
Face detection 3.84 images/sec 4.79 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.25 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.27 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.8 Gpixels/sec 15.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 955.5 FPS 533.9 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 8 tests 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Exynos 990
391
Exynos 9825 +1%
393
Score 391 393
Stability 73% 96%
Graphics test 3 FPS 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Exynos 990 +41%
1416
Exynos 9825
1003
Score 1416 1003
Stability 65% 95%
Graphics test 8 FPS 6 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Exynos 990 +23%
11402
Exynos 9825
9254
Web score 10705 8308
Video editing score 6884 5802
Data manipulation score 8823 7232
Photo editing score 30928 19062
Writing score 11422 10895
Phones tested 6 models 2 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 990
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-11-01 (mptech412)AnTuTu 121289329
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-20 -> Jazari28AnTuTu 12993568
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (ZailoxTM)AnTuTu 121144833
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Tomio.tomato)AnTuTu 121064880
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-16 -> SamsungS8HypeAnTuTu 111236527
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Samsung Exynos 9825
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-19 (remo)AnTuTu 121036492
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-19 (remo)AnTuTu 121036492
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-18 -> m1nn44aAnTuTu 12939462
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-14 (πŸ‡§πŸ‡³Masbro)AnTuTu 12937821
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (s1roka)AnTuTu 12933602
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 990 and Exynos 9825

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55		 2x 2.73 GHz – M4
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A75
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2730 MHz 2730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP11 Mali-G76 MP12
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU frequency 832 MHz 754 MHz
Pipelines 11 12
Shading units 32 24
Total shaders 352 288
FLOPS 585.7 Gigaflops 434.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
NPU theoretical performance 15 TOPS 1.86 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 33.4 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5123 Exynos 5100
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7350 Mbps Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced October 2019 August 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9830 S5E9825
Official page Samsung Exynos 990 official site Samsung Exynos 9825 official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2200 - Samsung Exynos 2200

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
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Total votes: 984

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Comments

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S.Katsuragi May 5, 2021 at 05:05 PM
Consider Exynos 9825 was pretty closed to SD855/855plus (on performance, power efficiency is another story). Exynos 990 long way from SD865. If Mongoose end on M4, at least Exynos could keep some reputation I think... M5 like a boom through Samsung Austin SoC team away. Named from 9830 to 990 is bad enough, neither M5 so trash. Overall, sadly to see Samsung's Mongoose history.
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Matt February 7, 2023 at 05:55 PM
Yeah but you're comparing a mid-year chip to a start-of-the-year chip. A chip that is released over half a year later and only gets close to the performance of the sd 855 is not impressive. The 990 was further from the sd 865 because it actually came out at the same time.
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Anonymous 69 August 6, 2023 at 09:35 PM
Matt, It was a year improvement but mainly was an 8nm to 7nm transition and 5g so wouldn't call.
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