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Samsung Exynos 980
The Samsung Exynos 980 is an 8nm mobile processor announced in September 2019 and Samsung's first with an integrated 5G modem. It combines two Cortex-A77 cores at up to 2.2GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores, a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU and a dual-core NPU, and shipped in phones such as the vivo X30 series and Galaxy A51 5G.
Pros
- Integrated 5G modem instead of a separate chip, which Samsung says cuts power use and saves space inside the device
- Sub-6GHz 5G at up to 2.55Gbps download, rising to 3.55Gbps when combined with LTE through EN-DC
- Two Cortex-A77 performance cores at 2.2GHz alongside six Cortex-A55 efficiency cores
- Supports Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.1
- Dual-core NPU that Samsung said is up to 2.7 times faster than its predecessor's
Cons
- Samsung lists sub-6GHz 5G only, with no mmWave support listed
- Limited to LPDDR4X memory and UFS 2.1 or eMMC 5.1 storage, so no LPDDR5 or UFS 3.0 support
- Samsung now lists the chip as end-of-life
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Samsung Exynos 980
General
- Announced
- 2019
- Process
- 8 nm
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 + 6x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G76 MP5
AI
- NPU
- Dual-core NPU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G modem (sub-6GHz)
- Max download
- 3.6 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Media
- Max display
- WQHD+ (3360x1440)
- Video capture
- 4K@120fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 487Bottom 38%
Quick answers
Is the Samsung Exynos 980 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Samsung Exynos 980 yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The Samsung Exynos 980 is an 8nm mobile processor announced in September 2019 and Samsung's first with an integrated 5G modem. It combines two Cortex-A77 cores at up to 2.2GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores, a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU and a dual-core NPU, and shipped in phones such as the vivo X30 series and Galaxy A51 5G.
What are the key specs of the Samsung Exynos 980?
Cores: 8 · Process: 8 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G76 MP5
What are the closest alternatives to the Samsung Exynos 980?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 712, Qualcomm Snapdragon 665, Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
