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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
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 – 1660K vs 1021K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1021736
CPU 348485 562487
GPU 226076 419835
Memory 182794 279528
UX 264381 399074
Total score 1021736 1660924
Samples [38 tests] [66 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
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

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
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

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1480
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> SKLeoAnTuTu1062044
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (No)AnTuTu965699
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Brice)GeekBench CPU1115 / 3126
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-06 (Mazen)AnTuTu1057022
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (X24ROMIRP)AnTuTu976232
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Abolfazl)AnTuTu1753254
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (Abolfazl)AnTuTu1753254
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Sameem irfan)AnTuTu1721075
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH)GeekBench GPU9571
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (SmokerPH)GeekBench CPU1884 / 5226

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1480 and Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 1.9 GHz – 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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