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Samsung Exynos 1480 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy 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 3.36 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. Compared to the normal SD 8 Gen 2, the "for Galaxy" version offers a 160 MHz higher clocked prime core.

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.

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.

ModelSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for GalaxyQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
SeriesSamsung ExynosQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARM Cortex-A55 / A78Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo)Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo)
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo)
Samsung Exynos 1480 « 2.05 - 2.75 GHz8 / 8 cores ARM Cortex-A55 / A78
Samsung Exynos 13802 - 2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores ARM Cortex-A55 / A78
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy « 2 - 3.36 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 22 - 3.2 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy2 - 3.36 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 « 2 - 3.2 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock2050 - 2750 MHz2000 - 3360 MHz2000 - 3200 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 8
4 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A78
4 x 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
8 / 8
1 x 3.4 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
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
Technology4 nm4 nm4 nm
Features6K MAC NPU, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, GNSS (GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo)Adreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory ControllerAdreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory Controller
iGPUSamsung Xclipse 530 ( - 1300 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 740Qualcomm Adreno 740
ArchitectureARMARM v9ARM v9
Announced
Manufacturersemiconductor.samsung.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
5850 Points (69%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1157 Points (31%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
3456 Points (14%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
891 Points (38%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3349 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4189 Points (42%)
min: 8370     avg: 8391     median: 8380 (84%)     max: 8424 Points
min: 7691     avg: 7987     median: 8130 (81%)     max: 8231 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
13929 Points (15%)
min: 21038     avg: 21162     median: 21209 (23%)     max: 21238 Points
min: 19069     avg: 20636     median: 21122 (23%)     max: 21505 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6882     avg: 6950     median: 6949.5 (95%)     max: 7017 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 19260     avg: 19271     median: 19270.5 (47%)     max: 19281 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
19117 Points (30%)
min: 18584     avg: 18885     median: 18884.5 (30%)     max: 19185 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
6624 Points (99%)
min: 6449     avg: 6564     median: 6563.5 (98%)     max: 6678 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
1013 ms (1%)
min: 602     avg: 1012     median: 877.9 (1%)     max: 1837.3 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
41576 Points (37%)
min: 19870     avg: 45909     median: 45963.5 (41%)     max: 65418 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
126 Points (36%)
min: 28     avg: 129.4     median: 139 (40%)     max: 183 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
135 Points (28%)
min: 183     avg: 219     median: 231 (48%)     max: 243 Points
min: 115     avg: 199.1     median: 206 (43%)     max: 238 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
636128 Points (39%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
190193 Points (52%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
46.3 MB/s (34%)
85.7 MB/s (63%)
min: 27.9     avg: 69.4     median: 75.8 (56%)     max: 119.5 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
250.7 MB/s (8%)
2081 MB/s (64%)
min: 1636     avg: 2291     median: 2244.5 (69%)     max: 3009 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
36.5 MB/s (45%)
50.9 MB/s (62%)
min: 23.2     avg: 44.8     median: 45.7 (56%)     max: 61.7 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
1220 MB/s (34%)
2371 MB/s (66%)
min: 2425     avg: 2672     median: 2661.1 (74%)     max: 2926.49 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
15251 Points (24%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
13393 Points (62%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
784 Points (30%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
4.4 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
1.2 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 1480 → 100% n=20

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy → 194% n=20

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 → 195% n=20

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)