Exynos 1580 vs A16 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 1580 (Samsung Xclipse 540) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 GPU) SoC. 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 1580
- Has 2 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
- Performs 34% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 30%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1626K vs 1251K
- 19% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 2900 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~8%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 490457 | 432740 |
| GPU | 296896 | 490354 |
| Memory | 173263 | 216774 |
| UX | 290896 | 486140 |
| Total score | 1251512 | 1626008 |
| Samples | [139 tests] | [36 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 187.2 MB/sec | 234.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 98.5 pages/sec | 155.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 138.9 Mpixels/sec | 157.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 73.4 images/sec | 149.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 119.7 Mpixels/sec | 202.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 15.9 images/sec | 25.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 34.9 images/sec | 76.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.13 Mpixels/sec | 6.74 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 25 tests | 24 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 13.8 images/sec | 39.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 6.57 images/sec | 50.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.29 Gpixels/sec | 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.41 Gpixels/sec | 1.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 30.7 Gpixels/sec | 70.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 727.6 FPS | 2162.5 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 19 tests | 12 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 655 | - |
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 4266 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 12 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 3335 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12398 | - |
| Video editing score | 7114 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 10983 | - |
| Photo editing score | 23206 | - |
| Writing score | 16063 | - |
| Phones tested | 3 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 1580
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 -> Baogia_VN | AnTuTu 11 | 1281445 |
| π 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN) | AnTuTu 12 | 1090096 |
| π 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN) | AnTuTu 11 | 1278747 |
| π 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN) | AnTuTu 12 | 1090096 |
| π 2026-09-24 (.) | CPU Throttle | 82% |
Apple A16 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-15 (Tannery) | AnTuTu 11 | 1335615 |
| π 2026-10-14 (Iphone) | AnTuTu 11 | 1585568 |
| π 2026-10-09 (Gurudev) | AnTuTu 11 | 1226584 |
| π 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74) | AnTuTu 11 | 1477304 |
| π 2026-09-21 (ΠΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°Ρ Π±ΠΎΠΌΠ±Π°) | AnTuTu 11 | 1772840 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1580 and A16 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.9 GHz β Cortex-A720 3x 2.6 GHz β Cortex-A720 4x 1.95 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 3.46 GHz β Everest 4x 2.02 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2900 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 540 | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1331.2 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 14.7 TOPS | 17 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 48MP |
| 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 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 5100 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1280 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | October 2024 | September 2022 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E8855 | APL1W10 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 1580 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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