Samsung Officially Reveals Exynos 1480 SoC: Improvements, Benchmark Scores, Competition

Samsung has officially unveiled the Exynos 1480 SoC, which powers the Galaxy A55 5G (review), a mid-range smartphone released earlier this month. Revealing the specifications of the chipset, Samsung Semiconductor mentions that it is over 20% efficient and up to 18% faster than the Exynos 1380 SoC. But does the overall performance justify the price of the smartphone? Let's find out.

Exynos 1480 SoC brings significant improvements in efficiency and multi-core performance

Let's start with the manufacturing technology improvements that make the Exynos 1480 SoC more efficient. Unlike its 5nm predecessor, the latest processor is based on Samsung's 4nm manufacturing process, making it 22% more energy efficient. This should benefit the overall battery life of the Galaxy A55.

In terms of processor, the Eyxnos 1480 SoC comes with four Cortex-A78 performance cores clocked at 2.75 GHz (compared to 2.4 GHz on the Exynos 1380 SoC) and four Cortex-A55 efficiency cores clocked at 2, 0 GHz. Increasing the maximum clock speed results in better performance. As the company claims, the new chipset is around 13% faster in terms of launching applications and 18% faster in terms of multi-core performance.

Graphics performance improved by more than 50 percent

As for graphics, the Galaxy A55 5G has a new Xclipse 530 GPU, based on AMD's RDNA technology. Although the GPU doesn't support ray tracing like other flagship models, it does support higher resolutions and variable refresh rates. Samsung claims that the Xclipse 530 GPU is around 53% better than the Mali G68 MP5 GPU in the Galaxy A54 5G, which is a huge jump. Apart from this, the official webpage also mentions significant improvements in AI performance.

Other features include support for 4K video recording at 60fps, a 200MP single camera, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth v5.3, and a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz.

What do the benchmark scores say?

According to nanoreview.net, The Galaxy A55 5G's Exynos 1480 SoC scores around 723,000 points on the Antutu 10 benchmark, while the Exynos 1380 SoC scores around 594,000 points. This shows an improvement of more than 20 percent in the benchmark score. Additionally, the Geekbench 6 scores also suggest an improvement of 17% for single-core scores and 27% for multi-core scores, which is quite impressive. When it comes to Compute Score (GPU), the newest chipset takes the lead by 36%.

Is Exynos 1480 the best chipset in its segment?

Based on Antutu and Geekbench scores, the Exynos 1480 SoC offers a significant upgrade over last year's Exynos 1380 SoC, especially for casual gamers. However, compared to other chipsets in the segment, the Exynos 1480 SoC seems slightly underpowered. The base variant of the Galaxy A55 5G, with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, costs Rs. 9,999. 39,999 (excluding offers).

At this price, one can get the higher variant of the iQoo Neo 9 Pro with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. The phone runs on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which is a step ahead of the Exynos 1480 SoC. Similarly, smartphones like the OnePlus 12R and Nothing Phone (2) also offer a better chipset at a lower price.

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