Samsung Exynos 980 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Samsung Exynos 980 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
Samsung Exynos 980 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 980 or Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Samsung Exynos 980 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 12 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 980 was released in Q4/2019.

The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 was released in Q2/2016.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
Samsung Exynos 980 (1) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v4 (24)
4 Generation 6
Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Broadwell E
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 980 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 980 is 2.20 GHz while the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 is at 3.60 GHz (4.00 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 980 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
8 Cores 6
8 Threads 12
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
2x Cortex-A77
A-Core 3.60 GHz (4.00 GHz)
1.80 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Samsung Exynos 980 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 980 or Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-G76 MP5 GPU no iGPU
0.72 GHz GPU frequency --
0.72 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Bifrost 3 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
5 Compute units --
80 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.

ARM Mali-G76 MP5 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 980 can use up to 12 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 76.8 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 980 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
LPDDR4X-1866 Memory DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
12 GB Max. Memory 1536 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 15.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 40
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 980 is --, while the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a TDP of 140 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 980 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 140 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 980 is manufactured in 8 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 15.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 980 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
8 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 2011-3
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2019 Release date Q2/2016
-- Release price 621 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1076 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6508 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1241 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5826 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
ARM Mali-G76 MP5 @ 0.72 GHz
260 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
330665 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
11538 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
305.3 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Samsung Exynos 980 Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
3425 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 980 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
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