Samsung Exynos 1480 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 1480, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 1480 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 1480
723293
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU227818679852
GPU1662481283493
Memory150386646515
UX178841505422
NanoReview Score7232933115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 1480
3898
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Graphics Test23 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 1480
1168
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 1480
3503
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression176.8 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser89.8 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering149.2 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur13.5 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing32.7 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection67.2 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR113.8 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.92 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2750 4600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache 4 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Samsung Xclipse 530 n/a
Architecture Titan (RDNA 2) n/a
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz n/a
Execution Units 1 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 128 n/a
FLOPS 332.8 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz n/a
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 12 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1280 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename S5E8845 SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Samsung Exynos 1480 the clear winner in this comparison.

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