Samsung Exynos 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 980 vs. 8 cores 3200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3200MHz vs 2200MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 8nm)
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 980
433794
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
+404%
2186467
CPU
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
2200 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
-
L2 cache
2.75 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
8 nm
Process
4 nm
9 W
TDP
-
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G76 MP5
GPU name
Adreno 825
728 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
5
Execution units
-
36
Shading units
-
8
Max size
24
0.2621 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
12
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
3360 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Exynos 5123
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 3550 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
Up to 1380 Mbps
Upload speed
-
6
Wi-Fi
7
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2019
Announced
Apr 2025
Mid range
Class
Flagship
S5E9630
Model number
SM8735
