Samsung Exynos 980 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Samsung Exynos 980 features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q4/2019 and belongs to the 4 generation of the Samsung Exynos series.
Name: Samsung Exynos 980
Family: Samsung Exynos
Group: Samsung Exynos 980
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4

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 A-Core is 2.2 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 8
Cores A: 2x Cortex-A77
Cores B: 6x Cortex-A55
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.2 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.8 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 980 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Samsung Exynos 980 uses the ARM Mali-G76 MP5, which has 80 texture shaders and 5 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: ARM Mali-G76 MP5
GPU frequency: 0.72 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.72 GHz
Execution units: 5
Shaders: 80
Max. GPU Memory: 4.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: Bifrost 3
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q3/2018

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.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode / Encode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Memory type: LPDDR4X-1866
Max. Memory: 12.0 GB
Memory channels: 4
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): None
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 980 is manufactured using a 8 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 8 nm
Chip design: --
Socket:
L2-Cache: 2.0 MB
L3-Cache: 0 bytes
Architecture: Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q4/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
330665
330665
Samsung Exynos 9609
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
185205
185205
MediaTek Helio P65
NoneC NoneT @ --
158825
158825

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Samsung Exynos 8890
NoneC NoneT @ --
265
265
AMD A8-7150B
4C 4T @ 1.9 GHz
262
262
Samsung Exynos 980
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
260
260
Intel Core i7-2700K
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
259
259
Intel Atom x7211E
2C 2T @ 1.0 GHz
256
256

All benchmarks for Samsung Exynos 980