Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1580 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 41
Different values 35
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A12 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2900 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 6.9 billion
TDP Not available 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 128 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Samsung Xclipse 540 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Magellan (RDNA 3) Not available
GPU clock Not available 1125 MHz
Execution units Not available 32
Shaders Not available 256
FLOPS Not available 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 2x 12MP
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, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580Apple A12 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.4 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580Apple A12 Bionic
Release October 2024 September 2018
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8855 APL1W81
Storage support UFS 3.1 NVMe
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 1580

5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A56

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh

Apple A12 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.