Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Vs Exynos 1480

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 3 75
Exynos 1480 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 74
Exynos 1480 25
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Exynos 1480 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 78
Exynos 1480 49
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Exynos 1480
CPU 495720 239966
GPU 914123 172430
Memory 361002 149766
UX 338475 159472
Total score 2109320 721634
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 20.00% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1480 (3300 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 50.00% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1480 (4800 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 192.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1480 (2,109 K vs 722 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Exynos 1480.

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1480

  • Exynos 1480 has 68.83% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (1300 vs 770 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329
Exynos 1480 1180

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526
Exynos 1480 3536

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • Max External Display 8K @ 30 Hz -
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

82%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

68%
Turbo Clock Speed

2750 MHz

56%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
    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 - -
  • L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 750 -
  • Architecture Adreno 700 -
  • GPU frequency 770 MHz 1300 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version - -
  • OpenCL version - -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 77 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 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, AV1, 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 X75 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 7 6
  • Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

CPU
75%
GPU
74%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Samsung Exynos 1480

CPU
36%
GPU
25%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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