Samsung Exynos 990 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2730 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
7 nm
3 nm
TDP
9 W
—
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G77 MP11
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
800 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
11
—
Shading units
64
512
Vulkan version
1.3
—
OpenCL version
2.0
—
DirectX version
12
—
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
—
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
—
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
—
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 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- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
—
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
—
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Oct 2019
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
S5E9830
SM8850
AI
NPU
—
Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
707,030
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
842
3,834
Geekbench 6
2,672
12,396
FP32 (float)
1,126
3,686
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.