Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 dominates in gaming performance with its Adreno 840 graphics, outscoring the Samsung Exynos 980 by a significant margin.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offers better battery life, with a score 13 points higher than the Samsung Exynos 980.
Although the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 does not have a dedicated NPU, the Samsung Exynos 980's NPU provides a clear advantage in AI workloads.
99 | CPU Performance | 26 |
96 | Gaming Performance | 8 |
92 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 8 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU Model | Mali-G76 MP5 |
| Hexagon | NPU Performance | Yes |
| 3932243 | Apple A19 | 603944 |
| 1143736 | CPU | 274825 |
| 1439012 | GPU | 61206 |
| 409747 | Memory | 109199 |
| 939748 | UX | 158714 |
| 3932243 | Total score | 603944 |
| 3607 | Single-Core Score | 861 |
| 10732 | Multi-Core Score | 1858 |
| 421.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 95.1 MB/sec |
| 238 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 36.6 pages/sec |
| 286.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 61.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 330.6 images/sec | Image detection | 35.3 images/sec |
| 308.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 59.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.7 images/sec | Background blur | 6.11 images/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 15 images/sec |
| 14.1 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 2.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 41 tests | Samples | 91 tests |
| 27343 | Compute Score (GPU) | 1333 |
| 51.9 images/sec | Background blur | 2.18 images/sec |
| 24.9 images/sec | Face detection | 1.32 images/sec |
| 0.72 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| 1 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.11 Gpixels/sec |
| 2.04 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.06 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.36 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| 115.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 4.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 4390.2 FPS | Particle physics | 136.1 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 26 tests | Samples | — |
| 2736 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| 2736 | Score | — |
| 78% | Stability | 99% |
| 20 FPS | Graphics test | — |
| 12201 | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| 12201 | Score | — |
| 46 FPS | Graphics test | — |
| 53 FPS | Section 1 | — |
| 46 FPS | Section 2 | — |
| 39 FPS | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance | Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 4610 MHz | Frequency | 2200 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 12 MB | L2 cache | — |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 8 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| 5300 MHz | Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 84.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 8 GB |
| Snapdragon X85 | Modem | Exynos 5123 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 12500 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 3550 Mbps |
| Up to 3700 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 1380 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 6 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 5 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Hexagon | Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| September 2025 | Announced | September 2019 |
| Flagship | Class | Mid range |
| SM8850-AC | Model number | S5E9630 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU name | Mali-G76 MP5 |
| Adreno 800 | Architecture | Bifrost 3rd gen |
| 1200 MHz | GPU frequency | 728 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 5 |
| 512 | Shading units | 24 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 120 |
| 3686.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 174.7 Gigaflops |