Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Samsung Exynos 990

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 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 820

241750

Exynos 990

742857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 820

318

Exynos 990

835

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 820

798

Exynos 990

2669

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo	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	14 nm	7 nm
TDP	11 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon 680	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 530	Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Architecture	Qualcomm Adreno 500	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	620 MHz
Execution units	2	11
Shaders	256	176
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.1
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 28MP, 2x 13MP	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	0.6 Gbps	7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.1	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS