Exynos 1480 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1480 (with Samsung Xclipse 530 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 (Adreno 732). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1480
- Higher GPU frequency (~37%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
- Supports 163% higher memory bandwidth (67.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
- Performs 2.2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 63%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1660K vs 1021K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 348485 | 562487 |
| GPU | 226076 | 419835 |
| Memory | 182794 | 279528 |
| UX | 264381 | 399074 |
| Total score | 1021736 | 1660924 |
| Samples | [38 tests] | [66 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 174.3 MB/sec | 208.2 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 84.2 pages/sec | 152.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 127.9 Mpixels/sec | 165.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 65.6 images/sec | 117.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 109.3 Mpixels/sec | 157.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 12.5 images/sec | 16.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 31.3 images/sec | 49.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.04 Mpixels/sec | 5.63 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 19 tests | 23 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 7.73 images/sec | 11.9 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.62 images/sec | 5.81 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.46 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.52 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 16.2 Gpixels/sec | 23.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 426.8 FPS | 1469.7 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | OpenCL |
| Samples | 11 tests | 16 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 459 | 967 |
| Stability | 98% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 7 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 982 | 3000 |
| Stability | 98% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11788 | 18307 |
| Video editing score | 7255 | 6702 |
| Data manipulation score | 10941 | 13620 |
| Photo editing score | 23283 | 41779 |
| Writing score | 17673 | 23052 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | 4 models |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 1480
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-05 -> SKLeo | AnTuTu | 1062044 |
| π 2026-08-23 (No) | AnTuTu | 965699 |
| π 2026-08-14 (Brice) | GeekBench CPU | 1115 / 3126 |
| π 2026-08-06 (Mazen) | AnTuTu | 1057022 |
| π 2026-06-30 (X24ROMIRP) | AnTuTu | 976232 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-01 (Abolfazl) | AnTuTu | 1753254 |
| π 2026-08-31 (Abolfazl) | AnTuTu | 1753254 |
| π 2026-08-30 (Sameem irfan) | AnTuTu | 1721075 |
| π 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | GeekBench GPU | 9571 |
| π 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH) | GeekBench CPU | 1884 / 5226 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1480 and Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.75 GHz β Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2.6 GHz β Cortex-A720 3x 1.9 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2750 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 5.5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 530 | Adreno 732 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 665.6 Gigaflops | 1459.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s | 67.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 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 |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X63 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 5100 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1280 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | March 2024 | March 2024 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E8845 | SM7675-AB |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 1480 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 1580 | - |
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