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Samsung Exynos 990
The controversial Galaxy S20 flagship chip whose custom M5 cores ran hot enough to spark the petition that ended Samsung's custom-CPU program. Fast on paper, throttled in hand - the chip that taught Samsung to license Arm cores again.
Pros
- Strong peak numbers for 2020
- Mali-G77 MP11 was a big GPU
- Full flagship camera pipeline
Cons
- Ran hot and throttled hard
- Clearly behind the Snapdragon 865 twin
- Ended the Mongoose core line for good reason
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Samsung Exynos 990
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 10 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.73 GHz Exynos M5 + 2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.73 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G77 MP11
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5-2750
- Max bandwidth
- 44 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Exynos 5123 5G (external)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- WQHD+ @ 120Hz
- Video capture
- 8K@30fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 1,414Top 34%
Devices with the Samsung Exynos 990
2 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Samsung Exynos 990 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Samsung Exynos 990 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 controversial Galaxy S20 flagship chip whose custom M5 cores ran hot enough to spark the petition that ended Samsung's custom-CPU program. Fast on paper, throttled in hand - the chip that taught Samsung to license Arm cores again.
Which devices use the Samsung Exynos 990?
2 devices in our catalog use the Samsung Exynos 990: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
What are the key specs of the Samsung Exynos 990?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G77 MP11
What are the closest alternatives to the Samsung Exynos 990?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
