Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Samsung Exynos 990
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 990 (40/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
- + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 40)
- + Higher Performance score (99 vs 39)
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| DeviceBenchmark Score | 97.0 Excellent WINNER | 40.0 Poor |
| Performance | 99.0 Excellent WINNER | 39.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3DMark
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Section 1 | 52 FPS | — |
| Section 2 | 46 FPS | — |
| Section 3 | 40 FPS | — |
| Stability | 67% | 73% |
AI Accelerator
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| NPU theoretical performance | — | 15 TOPS |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 1112833 | 370196 |
| GPU | 1494722 | 130687 |
| Memory | 442350 | 151878 |
| Total score | 3950082 | 907140 |
| UX | 900177 | 254379 |
CPU
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | — | 9 W |
Connectivity
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.1 |
| Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps | Up to 7350 Mbps |
| Modem | Snapdragon X85 | Exynos 5123 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps | Up to 3670 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| API | Vulkan | OpenCL |
| Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec | 139.9 MB/sec |
| Background blur | 40.7 images/sec | 10.4 images/sec |
| Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Face detection | 24.9 images/sec | 3.84 images/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec | 0.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec | 80.6 pages/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec | 0.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 330.6 images/sec | 66.4 images/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec | 99.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS | 955.5 FPS |
| Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec | 30.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec | 3.92 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 79 tests | 20 tests |
| Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec | 15.8 Gpixels/sec |
Graphics
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX version | 12.1 | — |
| FLOPS | 3686.4 Gigaflops | 585.7 Gigaflops |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 832 MHz |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Pipelines | 3 | 11 |
| Shading units | 512 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 352 |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Info
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | September 2025 | October 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850-AC | S5E9830 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site | Samsung Exynos 990 official site |
| Successor | — | -Samsung Exynos 2500 |
Memory
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | 44 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 3840 x 2400 |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 | - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9 |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS |
PCMark 3.0
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Data manipulation score | 15949 | 8823 |
| Phones tested | 13 models | 6 models |
| Photo editing score | 40273 | 30928 |
| Video editing score | 8052 | 6884 |
| Web score | 16855 | 10705 |
| Writing score | 26073 | 11422 |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-08-25(freqr) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-06-20(Rei Zero) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-06-24(Yiannis Mihai) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-07-09(SamsungS8hype) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-07-16(Vinny) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-07-24(Ctvy970) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-08-05(Chryso27) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-08-14(TimFire) | — | AnTuTu |
| 📘 2026-08-16->SamsungS8Hype | — | AnTuTu |
Smartphones
| Specification | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus | 4716234 | — |
| 10.Honor Magic 8 | 4037547 | — |
| 2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro | 4678468 | — |
| 3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra | 4602290 | — |
| 4.Vivo X300 Ultra | 4247433 | — |
| 5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus | 4244509 | — |
| 6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra | 4231988 | — |
| 7.Honor Robot Phone | 4166339 | — |
| 8.Honor Magic V6 | 4166339 | — |
| 9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro | 4117238 | — |
| Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | AnTuTu v11 | — |
| 1.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra | — | 918508 |
| 2.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 | — | 913920 |
| 3.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE | — | 909679 |
| 4.Samsung Galaxy S20 | — | 907140 |
| 5.Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra | — | 901346 |
| 6.Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus | — | 874382 |
| Phones with Exynos 990 | — | AnTuTu v11 |
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