Exynos 1580 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1580 (with Samsung Xclipse 540 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830). 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
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Higher GPU frequency (~18%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
  • Supports 231% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.5x) AnTuTu 11 score – 3126K vs 1251K
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 1580
  • 49% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 2900 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1251512
CPU 490457 893474
GPU 296896 1133808
Memory 173263 427210
UX 290896 671910
Total score 1251512 3126402
Samples [139 tests] [541 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 187.2 MB/sec 367.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 98.5 pages/sec 223.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 138.9 Mpixels/sec 257 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 73.4 images/sec 234.4 images/sec
HDR 119.7 Mpixels/sec 315.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 15.9 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Photo processing 34.9 images/sec 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.13 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples 25 tests 148 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 13.8 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Face detection 6.57 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.29 Gpixels/sec 0.91 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.41 Gpixels/sec 1.75 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 30.7 Gpixels/sec 96.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 727.6 FPS 3848 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 19 tests 100 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 655 2386
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 5 FPS 18 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 10874
Graphics test - 41 FPS
Section 1 - 47 FPS
Section 2 - 41 FPS
Section 3 - 35 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 5664
Stability - 51%
Graphics test - 33 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12398 21945
Video editing score 7114 8458
Data manipulation score 10983 16086
Photo editing score 23206 39118
Writing score 16063 22647
Phones tested 3 models 36 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1580
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (Neagu Mihai)GeekBench CPU1348 / 3823
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (Neagu Mihai)AnTuTu1287132
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (Ferran)AnTuTu1269203
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-11 (Datssemble)GeekBench CPU1349 / 3757
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (Claus)AnTuTu1264715
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Harsh)AnTuTu3242325
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Khao D)AnTuTu3059889
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 (Shaunie)AnTuTu3212567
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (Bahodir)AnTuTu3143183
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (thor)AnTuTu3101294

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1580 and Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2900 MHz 4320 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 192 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 12 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 540 Adreno 830
Architecture RDNA 3 Adreno 800
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 256 1536
FLOPS 1331.2 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

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

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Snapdragon X80
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2024 October 2024
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8855 SM8750-AB
Official page Samsung Exynos 1580 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
    - The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequencyβ€”4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB modelsβ€”and its GPU is 100 MHz faster.

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