Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Exynos 1480

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Exynos 1480 SoCs by Qualcomm and Samsung respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 46
Exynos 1480 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 48
Exynos 1480 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
Exynos 1480 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 60
Exynos 1480 54
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Exynos 1480
CPU 249768 239966
GPU 448381 172430
Memory 172528 149766
UX 166045 159472
Total score 1036722 721634
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 9.09% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1480 (3000 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 43.66% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1480 (1,037 K vs 722 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1480.

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1480

  • Exynos 1480 has 62.50% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1300 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
Exynos 1480 1180

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
Exynos 1480 3536

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
Exynos 1480

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
Exynos 1480

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
Exynos 1480

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
Exynos 1480

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
Exynos 1480

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
Exynos 1480

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
Exynos 1480

3DMark

Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2750 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
    4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 -
  • Architecture Adreno 700 -
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz 1300 MHz
  • Execution units 3 -
  • Shading units 768 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU
46%
GPU
48%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Samsung Exynos 1480

CPU
44%
GPU
31%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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