Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Samsung Exynos 1480
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (SM6475-AB) is an ARM-based SoC for smartphones and tablets in the mid-range segment. The chip was presented in late 2024 and offers four fast ARM Cortex-A78-based cores with up to 2 GHz and four ARM Cortex-A55-based power cores with up to 1.8 GHz. Except for the higher clock rate of the Cortex-A78 cores, the SoC corresponds to the older Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
As expected, the performance is only a few percentage points above the old Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and therefore in the lower mid-range of current smartphone processors.
The integrated graphics card is the Adreno 710. The 5G modem achieves a maximum download speed of 2.9 GBit and supports mmWave. The FastConnect subsystem offers Bluetooth 5.2 LE and Wi-Fi 6E. All important satellite positioning systems such as GPS, QZSS, NavIC, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo are supported. The image signal processor for the cameras supports 3 cameras. Up to 200 megapixels are possible with the main camera and the recording of images in HEIC format is supported.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 is manufactured using 4 nm technology.
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 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 | Samsung Exynos 1480 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Cortex-A78 / A55 | ARM Cortex-A55 / A78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 | Samsung Exynos | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Exynos ARM Cortex-A55 / A78 |
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| Clock | 1800 - 2400 MHz | 2050 - 2750 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 4 x 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A78 4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | 8 / 8 4 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A78 4 x 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Spectra Triple ISP, AI Engine, Wi-Fi 6E, 5G Modem | 6K MAC NPU, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, GNSS (GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | Qualcomm Adreno 710 | Samsung Xclipse 530 ( - 1300 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | semiconductor.samsung.com |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 → 100% n=20
Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 1480 → 102% n=20
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
