Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Samsung Exynos 980

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A776x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3000 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Process
4 nm
8 nm
TDP
6 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 735
Mali-G76 MP5
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
728 MHz
Execution units
2
5
Shading units
256
36
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Yes
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3360 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
Up to 3550 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1380 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.4
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Mar 2024
Sep 2019
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8635
S5E9630
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,490,645
433,794
Geekbench 6
2,019
869
Geekbench 6
5,570
1,867
FP32 (float)
1,689
262