Exynos 1480 vs Snapdragon 778G Plus

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1480 (with Samsung Xclipse 530 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus (Adreno 642). 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 (~2.1x)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 25%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1021K vs 820K
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2750 vs 2500 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
  • 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 326258
GPU 226076 98347
Memory 182794 163894
UX 264381 231711
Total score 1021736 820210
Samples [38 tests] [16 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 159.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 84.2 pages/sec 77 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 127.9 Mpixels/sec 118.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 65.6 images/sec 59 images/sec
HDR 109.3 Mpixels/sec 94.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.5 images/sec 11.5 images/sec
Photo processing 31.3 images/sec 27.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.04 Mpixels/sec 4.46 Mpixels/sec
Samples 19 tests 11 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 7.73 images/sec 5.54 images/sec
Face detection 3.62 images/sec 2.85 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 16.2 Gpixels/sec 3.62 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 426.8 FPS 267.6 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 11 tests 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 459 -
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 982 735
Stability 98% 99%
Graphics test 5 FPS 4 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11788 10381
Video editing score 7255 7005
Data manipulation score 10941 9312
Photo editing score 23283 23875
Writing score 17673 13809
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1480
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (АртСм)AnTuTu 111080442
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> SKLeoAnTuTu 111062044
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (No)AnTuTu 11965699
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Brice)Geekbench 6 CPU1115 / 3126
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-06 (Mazen)AnTuTu 111057022
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Fizzo)AnTuTu 11806003
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-29 (Serj)AnTuTu 11759037
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Aroslav)AnTuTu 11854357
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Deividi)AnTuTu 11895081
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 -> SerhiiGeekbench 6 CPU1059 / 3012

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1480 and Snapdragon 778G Plus

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2750 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache - 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 530 Adreno 642
Architecture RDNA 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 608 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 128 512
FLOPS 665.6 Gigaflops 622.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 192MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
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 - X53
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2024 October 2021
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number S5E8845 SM7325-AE
Official page Samsung Exynos 1480 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus official site
Successor - Samsung Exynos 1580 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

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anon January 17, 2025 at 08:23 PM
an 2021 midrange processor (Snapdragon 778G Plus) being able to keep up compete with a 2024 midrange processor (Exynos 1480) is actually crazy though, and then there is samsung's 2023 midrange processor (Exynos 1380) losing to snapdragon's midrange processor from 2021 lol
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Ibrahim December 22, 2025 at 01:23 PM
Snapdragon Actually cooked with the 778G it was able to compete with the flagships of 2019 Like the Snapdragon 865 and Apple A13 Bionic it was meant to be a mid-upper range with really good optimization and thermals thats what made it a beast Exynos is still facing heating Issues of its Mid range Series but they Improved with the Exynos 1580 i see a good future for Exynos
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