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Samsung Exynos 990

Samsung Exynos 990

The Samsung Exynos 990 is a mobile high-end SoC for smartphones and tablets. It was announced in the Samsung S20 line in early 2020. The processor integrates three clusters of processor cores with different architectures. Two big Samsung custom M5 (Mongoose 5) cores clock up to 2.73 GHz and deliver peak performance. Two additional ARM Cortex-A76 are also for performance tasks and clock at up to 2.5 GHz. Finally, four small and power efficient ARM-Cortex A55 cores clock at up to 2 GHz are in the third cluster. The different clusters can run simultaneously thanks to DinamIQ.

The integrated LTE modem supports LTE-Advanced Pro Cat.20/18 (2000 Mbps download, 210 Mbps upload). The integrated graphics card is a ARM Mali G77MP11 with 11 cores.

The performance of the CPU part is positioned in the high end segment for smartphone processors. In Geekbench it offers a very good single thread performance on par with the Snapdragon 865 and older Apple A11. The multi-threaded-performance is a bit below the fastest current smartphone SoCs. In Geekbench 5 it slots in below the Kirin 990 and above the older Snapdragon 855 Plus.

The SoC is produced at Samsung in the new 7nm LPP (with EUV) process.

SeriesSamsung Exynos
CodenameExynos M5 / Cortex A-76 / Cortex-A55
Clock Rate2000 - 2730 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
FeaturesARM Mali-G77MP11 GPU, 2x Samsung Mongoose 5 Custom CPU, 2x Cortex-A76, 4x Cortex-A55 big.LITTLE, LPDDR5-5500 Memory Controller
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date02/22/2019
Product Link (external)www.samsung.com

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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
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#33 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 507> for benchmark 860, setting:2540 +0s ... 0.187s

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Reviews for the Samsung Exynos 990 processor

Comparison test: Xiaomi Mi 11 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs Galaxy Note20 Ultra vs Galaxy S20 FE 5G

Camera comparison: Xiaomi Mi 11 vs Samsung's Allstars

Xiaomi's Mi 11 relies on a camera sensor from Samsung. In this camera comparison with Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra, Galaxy Note20 Ultra and Galaxy S20 FE 5G, we w...
Samsung Exynos 990 | ARM Mali-G77 MP11 | 6.90" | 208 g
Samsung Galaxy Note20 Review - Not always better than the Note10

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Review - Not always better than the Note10

The Samsung Galaxy Note20 is more than $300 less than the Ultra model. Looking at the specs sheet we can spot a few cut corners, but it is not immediately clear...
Samsung Exynos 990 | ARM Mali-G77 MP11 | 6.70" | 192 g
Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra review - Smartphone with powerful features and S Pen included

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra review - Smartphone with powerful features and S Pen included

The Note20 Ultra raises the bar, especially with the display, but it also repeats old mistakes found in the Galaxy S20 Ultra. With a larger battery, a new desig...
Samsung Exynos 990 | ARM Mali-G77 MP11 | 6.90" | 208 g
Camera comparison: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro vs OnePlus 8 Pro vs Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro

Camera Test: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro vs OnePlus 8 Pro vs Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro – low-light fiasco for Samsung

4 categories, 3 winners. The crème de la crème of Android smartphone photography in comparison: Samsung's and Xiaomi's pixel behemoths Galaxy S20 Ultra and Mi 1...
Samsung Exynos 990 | ARM Mali-G77 MP11 | 6.90" | 219 g
Samsung Galaxy S20+

Samsung Galaxy S20+ Smartphone Review: A handset with 8K video capabilities

The Plus model of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series offers a bit more of everything than the Galaxy S20 does. There is a bit more screen here, more battery there, a...
Samsung Exynos 990 | ARM Mali-G77 MP11 | 6.70" | 188 g

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.90", 0.2 kg
  Review » Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra - High-End Smartphone Reeks of Poor Implementation

Samsung Galaxy S20: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.20", 0.2 kg
  Review » Samsung Galaxy S20 Smartphone Review – High-Quality Smartphone with Quirks

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.90", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy Note20: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.70", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy Note20

Samsung Galaxy S20+: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.70", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy S20+

Samsung Galaxy S20: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.20", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy S20

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.90", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

   » Galaxy S20 Ultra: Samsung exceeds its own update policy and still provides monthly Android patches

Samsung Galaxy Note20: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.70", 0.2 kg
   » Samsung Galaxy Note20: The Display makes a Difference

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.90", 0.2 kg
   » Galaxy Note20 Ultra: Does the new lens make it the zoom master?

Samsung Galaxy S20+: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.70", 0.2 kg
   » Samsung Galaxy S20+: The fourth camera does not make a difference, nor does its fake zoom

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.90", 0.2 kg
   » Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: The 120 Hz Dilemma

Samsung Galaxy S20: ARM Mali-G77 MP11, 6.20", 0.2 kg
   » Samsung Galaxy S20: The Exynos Predicament

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Other CPUs of the series Exynos

» Samsung Exynos 2200
   8x 1.82 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 2100 5G
   8x 2.2 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 990
   8x 2 GHz - 2.73 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 1380
   8x 2 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 9825
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.73 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 9820
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 1280
   8x 2 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 9810
   8x - 2.9 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa
   8x 2.6 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 9611
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 9610
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 9609
   8x 1.6 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7885
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa
   8x 2.1 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa
   8x 1.9 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7904
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7880
   8x 1.9 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7884B
   8x 1.56 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa
   8x 1.6 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 5410 Octa
   8x 1.6 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 5260 Hexa
   6x 1.7 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 5250 Dual
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7580 Octa
   8x 1.6 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7578
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 7570 Quad
   4x 1.4 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad
   4x 1.4 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad
   4x 1.4 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz
   2x 1.5 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz
   2x 1.4 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz
   2x 1.2 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ MediaTek Dimensity 8200-Ultra
   8x 2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
+ HiSilicon Kirin 9000W
   12x 1.53 GHz - 2.49 GHz
+ Google Tensor
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.8 GHz
+ HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
   8x - 2.86 GHz
+ HiSilicon Kirin 990
   8x - 2.86 GHz
» Samsung Exynos 990
   8x 2 GHz - 2.73 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 8020
   8x 2 GHz - 2.6 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 7200
   8x 2 GHz - 2.8 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 1100
   8x 2 GHz - 2.6 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
   8x - 2.96 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2020-03-23)