Samsung Exynos 1480 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Samsung Exynos 1480 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2750MHz Samsung Exynos 1480 vs. 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Samsung Exynos 1480Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2750MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Published 7 years 7 months later

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Samsung Exynos 1480 +210%

723950

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

Samsung Exynos 1480

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

2750 MHz

Frequency

2342 MHz

8

Cores

4

-

L2 cache

1 MB

0

L3 cache

-

4 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

-

TDP

11 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Samsung Xclipse 530

GPU name

Adreno 530

1300 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

-

Execution units

1

-

Shading units

256

12

Max size

8

-

FLOPS

0.3343 TFLOPS

-

Vulkan version

1.0

-

OpenCL version

2.0

-

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR4

3200 MHz

Memory frequency

1866 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

51.2 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Hexagon 680

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 3.1

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

2960 x 1440

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 5100 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

Up to 1280 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.3

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Mar 2024

Announced

Aug 2016

Mid range

Class

Flagship

S5E8845

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

Samsung Exynos 1480

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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