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Samsung Exynos 990
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Samsung Exynos 990
Brand: Samsung
Rating: 4.2 (33 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Samsung Exynos 990 was a fundamental chip for a number of popular mobile devices. It was manufactured using an advanced 7nm process. This contributed significantly to good energy efficiency. With its Exynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55 architecture, it presented itself as a versatile processor. It could handle a wide variety of tasks seamlessly.

The integrated graphics unit, an ARM Mali-G77 MP11, offered solid graphics performance. This enabled a smooth experience in many applications and games. In addition, 2 MB Level 2 and 2 MB Level 3 cache supported the fast processing of data. The Samsung Exynos 990 offered a balanced mix of computing power and efficiency.

We were able to see how reliably this chip worked in everyday use. It embodied an important stage in the development of mobile processors.

7nm manufacturing process
Versatile Exynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55 architecture
Integrated ARM Mali-G77 MP11 graphics
Good energy efficiency

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 44 / 176
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Multi-core performance

Rank 65 / 177
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.75 GHz

1,161

8C / 8T · 3.10 GHz

1,151

8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz

1,144

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,136

8C / 8T · 2.63 GHz

1,132

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

2,736

8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz

2,727

8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz

2,645

8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz

2,634

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

2,630

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 2.39 GHz

932

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

926

8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz

923

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

903

8C / 8T · 2.75 GHz

893

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz

2,808

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

2,780

8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz

2,779

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

2,756

6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz

2,731

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Adreno 643L

1,247

Apple A12Z

1,152

ARM Mali-G77 MP11

1,126

Qualcomm Adreno 640

1,037

Qualcomm Adreno 640

1,037

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz

523,650 pts

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

523,068 pts

8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz

510,697 pts

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

509,756 pts

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

507,536 pts

AI performance (NPU)

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

15.8 TOPS

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

15.8 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.73 GHz

15.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz

12.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

12.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Samsung Exynos (49)
CPU group	Samsung Exynos 990 (1)
Architecture	Exynos M5/Cortex-A76/-A55
Technology	7 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Generation	4
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x Exynos M5 2.73 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Cortex-A76 2.50 GHz
Core Cluster 3:	4x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache	1.50 MB
L3-Cache	2.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	ARM Mali-G77 MP11
GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader	11 / 176
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	1
Max. GPU Memory	4 GB
Technology	7 nm
Release date	Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware	Samsung AI engine
AI specifications	2 NPU cores @ 15 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR5-2750	--
Property	Value
Max. Memory	12 GB
Memory channels	4
ECC	✗
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design
AES-NI	✗
Operating systems	Android
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q1/2020
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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