Exynos 1580 vs Dimensity 6400

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1580 (with Samsung Xclipse 540 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 6400 (Mali-G57 MP2). 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 1580
  • Performs 9.7x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 1251K vs 581K
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Dimensity 6400
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 17.07 GB/s)
  • 16% higher CPU clock speed (2900 vs 2500 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~21%)
  • 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
Exynos 1580 +115%
1251512
CPU 490457 225859
GPU 296896 46666
Memory 173263 114767
UX 290896 193749
Total score 1251512 581041
Samples [139 tests] [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1356
Multi-Core Score
3888
Asset compression 187.2 MB/sec 102.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 98.5 pages/sec 50.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 138.9 Mpixels/sec 75.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 73.4 images/sec 39.7 images/sec
HDR 119.7 Mpixels/sec 63.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 15.9 images/sec 5.97 images/sec
Photo processing 34.9 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.13 Mpixels/sec 2.96 Mpixels/sec
Samples 25 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Exynos 1580 +382%
6878
Background blur 13.8 images/sec 2.05 images/sec
Face detection 6.57 images/sec 1.02 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.29 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.41 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 30.7 Gpixels/sec 4.04 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 727.6 FPS 241.3 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 19 tests 7 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Exynos 1580 +343%
655
Score 655 148
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 5 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
12979
Web score 12398 11379
Video editing score 7114 5148
Data manipulation score 10983 7894
Photo editing score 23206 23774
Writing score 16063 14385
Phones tested 3 models 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1580
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (.)CPU Throttle82%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (.)Geekbench 7 GPU5755
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (.)Geekbench 7 CPU1191 / 3814
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (.)AnTuTu 121017323
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> CR7AnTuTu 121030440
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Takno pova slim 5g πŸ˜ƒ)AnTuTu 12726622
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 (biszkopt875)AnTuTu 11607352
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (zimz tecno spark 50 5g)AnTuTu 11568135
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-30 -> NexxG96AnTuTu 11581041
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (Arnab)AnTuTu 11613165

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1580 and Dimensity 6400

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2900 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 540 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture RDNA 3 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1072 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 256 64
FLOPS 1331.2 Gigaflops 137.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
NPU theoretical performance 14.7 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 17.07 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 3300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2024 February 2025
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number S5E8855 -
Official page Samsung Exynos 1580 official site MediaTek Dimensity 6400 official site

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