Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs Samsung Exynos 990

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 with Samsung Exynos 990. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Snapdragon 801

Exynos 990

742857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 801

206

Exynos 990

835

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 801

701

Exynos 990

2669

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait	2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	1000 million
TDP	6 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	933 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 330	Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Architecture	Qualcomm Adreno 300	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	578 MHz
Execution units	1	11
Shaders	128	176
DirectX	11
OpenCL API	1.2	2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2560x2048	3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 21MP	1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@30fps, 4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.15 Gbps	7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.0	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS