Samsung Exynos 1380 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Samsung Exynos 1480
Samsung Exynos 1380
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The Samsung Exynos 1380 is a system on a chip (SoC) designed for mid-range smartphones and tablets running on the Android operating system. The CPU is made up of two clusters, each consisting of four cores. It features four Cortex-A78 performance cores (up to 2.4 GHz) and four Cortex-A55 power-saving cores (up to 2.0 GHz). The integrated graphics unit is an ARM Mali-G68 MP5 with speeds of up to 950 MHz.
The NPU's performance has been improved by around 14 percent compared to its predecessor, with a capacity of 4.9 TOPS. Displays with up to 144 Hz and Full HD+ resolution can now be used, and the chipset supports cameras with up to 200 MPix. The chipset also includes Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3. Both LPDDR4x and LPDDR5 can be used as RAM, and UFS 3.1 is possible as internal storage.
The integrated modem has significantly increased download speeds, supporting both 5G-Sub6 (download: up to 3.79 Gbps (+32%), upload: up to 1.28 Gbps) and 5G-mmWave (download: up to 3.67 Gbps (+75%), upload: up to 0.92 Gbps). The upload speed for LTE (Cat. 18, download: up to 1.2 Gbps, upload: up to 0.211 Gbps (+5%)) has only been slightly improved.
The Exynos 1380 is manufactured by Samsung using the 5-nm process.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2022 and manufactured in 4 nm at TSMC (N4P). It integrates four different CPU clusters. A fast and big prime core based on the ARM Cortex-X3 architecture and clocked at up to 3.2 GHz for 64 bit applications. Two more ARM Cortex-A715 based performance cores clocked at up to 2.8 GHz (also only for 64 bit apps). Two more Cortex-A710 performance cores at up to 2.8 GHz that can also be used for older apps and three efficiency cores (ARM Cortex-A510 with up to 2 GHz). All cores can use the shared 8 MB level 3 cache.
Thanks to the new architecture and high clock rates, the SD 8 Gen 2 is the fastest mobile CPU for Android based devices and is only topped by current Apple SoCs like the Apple A16 (see benchmarks below).
The chip also integrates a Hexagon accelerator for AI workloads (tensor, scalar and vector). Qualcomm states that its one of the first chips with INT4 support and up to 4.35x performance compared to the previous generation.
The 18-Bit-Spectra ISP is able to process photos with up to 200 MP and work with videos up to 8k30 (including 10-bit, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision).
A big improvement of the Snapdragon 8 G2 is the integrated Adreno 740 GPU, that now supports Hardware Raytracing and tops even the iGPU in the Apple A16.
The integrated AI Engine can offer up to 4x faster AI performance thanks to the bigger Tensor engine. The 18-Bit-Spectra-ISP also saw some big improvements and is now called Snapdragon Sight.
The integrated Adreno 730 offers a 30% graphics boost compared to the previous Adreno 660.
The integrated Snapdragon X70 5G modem is also new as is the FastConnect 7800 modem with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 support.
Samsung Exynos 1480
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The Samsung Exynos 1480 is a system on a chip (SoC) for mid-range smartphones and tablets based on Android. The CPU is made up of two clusters, each consisting of four cores. Four Cortex-A78 power cores (up to 2.75 GHz) and four Cortex-A55 power cores (up to 2.05 GHz) are used. The integrated graphics unit (GPU) is a Samsung Xclipse 530. The chipset supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. Both LPDDR4x and LPDDR5 can be connected as RAM. UFS 3.1 is possible as internal memory.
The performance of the new AI engine with 6K MAC NPU is said to be around four times higher than its predecessor. In addition, displays with up to 144 Hz and Full HD+ can be used and cameras with up to 200 MPix are supported. The improved ISP now also enables videos in Ultra HD with up to 60 frames per second and is also capable of HDR and zero-shutter lag (ZSL).
The integrated modem has again received a significant speed boost for downloads and is considerably faster for both 5G-Sub6 (download: up to 5.1 GBit/s, upload: up to 1.28 GBit/s) and 5G-mmWave (download: up to 4.84 GBit/s, upload: up to 0.92 GBit/s), but remains unchanged for uploads since the Exynos 1280. There are no changes for LTE (Cat. 18, download: up to 1.2 GBit/s, upload up to 0.211 GBit/s).
The Exynos 1480 is manufactured by Samsung using the 4 nm process (Samsung 4LPP).
| Model | Samsung Exynos 1380 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Samsung Exynos 1480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | ARM Cortex-A55 / A78 | Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) | ARM Cortex-A55 / A78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Samsung Exynos | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 | Samsung Exynos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Exynos ARM Cortex-A55 / A78 |
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| Clock | 2000 - 2400 MHz | 2000 - 3200 MHz | 2050 - 2750 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 4 x 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A78 4 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | 8 / 8 1 x 3.2 GHz ARM Cortex-X3 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A715 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A710 3 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A510 | 8 / 8 4 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A78 4 x 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 5 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | NPU, Wi-Fi 802.11ax (2x2 MIMO), Bluetooth 5.3, FM Radio Rx, GNSS (GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo), Triple-ISP | Adreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory Controller | 6K MAC NPU, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, GNSS (GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | ARM Mali-G68 MP5 ( - 950 MHz) | Qualcomm Adreno 740 | Samsung Xclipse 530 ( - 1300 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ARM v9 | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | semiconductor.samsung.com | www.qualcomm.com | semiconductor.samsung.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 1380 → 100% n=22
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 → 221% n=22
Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 1480 → 121% n=22
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
