Samsung Exynos 990 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Samsung Exynos 990 features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2020 and belongs to the 4 generation of the Samsung Exynos series.
Name: Samsung Exynos 990
Family: Samsung Exynos
Group: Samsung Exynos 990
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 990 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 2.73 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 8
Cores A: 2x Exynos M5
Cores B: 2x Cortex-A76
Cores C: 4x Cortex-A55
Core architecture: hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.73 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 2.5 GHz
C-Core Frequency: 2.0 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 990 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Samsung Exynos 990 uses the ARM Mali-G77 MP11, which has 176 texture shaders and 11 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: ARM Mali-G77 MP11
GPU frequency: 0.8 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 11
Shaders: 176
Max. GPU Memory: 4.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: Vallhall 1
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q2/2019

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Samsung AI engine
AI specifications: 2 NPU cores @ 15 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode / Encode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Memory type: LPDDR5-2750
Max. Memory: 12.0 GB
Memory channels: 4
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): None
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 990 is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: --
Socket:
L2-Cache: 1.5 MB
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Exynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q1/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
523650
523650
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
523068
523068
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
510697
510697
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
509756
509756
MediaTek Dimensity 1000
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
507536
507536

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i7-4710HQ
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
5515
5515
Intel Core i5-4670
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
5515
5515
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
5511
5511
Intel Core i5-7400
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
5510
5510
Intel Core i5-5675C
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
5503
5503

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

MediaTek Dimensity 1000L
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
2780
2780
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
2780
2780
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
2779
2779
AMD FX-8350
8C 8T @ 4.0 GHz
2777
2777
Intel Core i5-7300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
2773
2773

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-970
6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz
2654
2654
Intel Core i7-5700EQ
4C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
2648
2648
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
2645
2645
Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
2637
2637
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2634
2634

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
1147
1147
Intel Xeon Silver 4210
10C 20T @ 2.2 GHz
1145
1145
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
1144
1144
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
1142
1142
Intel Core i5-6600T
4C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
1142
1142

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G
4C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
1126
1126
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1404I
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
1126
1126
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
1126
1126
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
1126
1126
AMD Ryzen 5 2600H
4C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
1126
1126

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-8260U
4C 8T @ 1.6 GHz
923
923
Intel Core i7-8500Y
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
923
923
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
923
923
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
10C 20T @ 2.4 GHz
923
923
Intel Core i7-5820K
6C 12T @ 3.3 GHz
923
923