Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs Exynos 1480

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 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 870 39
Exynos 1480 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 34
Exynos 1480 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
Exynos 1480 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 49
Exynos 1480 54
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 Exynos 1480
CPU 179347 239966
GPU 270188 172430
Memory 98761 149766
UX 95818 159472
Total score 644114 721634
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 16.36% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1480 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1480

  • Exynos 1480 has 101.55% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (1300 vs 645 MHz).
  • Exynos 1480 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 870 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Exynos 1480 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Exynos 1480 has 12.04% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (722 K vs 644 K ).
  • Exynos 1480 Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 870 (51.2 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
Exynos 1480 1180

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
Exynos 1480 3536

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
Exynos 1480

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
Exynos 1480

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
Exynos 1480

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
Exynos 1480

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
Exynos 1480

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
Exynos 1480

3DMark

Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 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

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2750 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
  • Process 7 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 -
  • Architecture Adreno 600 -
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz 1300 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 512 -
  • FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X55 -
  • 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 870

CPU
39%
GPU
34%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Samsung Exynos 1480

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