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Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Samsung Exynos 1580

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

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Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 425Samsung Exynos 1580
Architecture 4x 1.4 GHz - Cortex-A53 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 4 8
Clock speed 1400 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 28 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 1 billion Not available
TDP 5 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 425Samsung Exynos 1580
L1 cache 128 KB Not available
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 667 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 5.34 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 425Samsung Exynos 1580
GPU Adreno 308 Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU architecture Adreno 300 Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU clock 500 MHz Not available
Execution units 2 Not available
Shaders 24 Not available
FLOPS 24 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
DirectX 11 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon 536 Yes

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 425Samsung Exynos 1580
Maximum display resolution 1280 x 800 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 16MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265 - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 425Samsung Exynos 1580
4G LTE Cat. 5 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 75 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 4.1 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 425Samsung Exynos 1580
Release February 2016 October 2024
Class Low end Mid range
Model number MSM8917 S5E8855
Storage support eMMC 5.1 UFS 3.1
Devices in database 110 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy J6+ Dual SIM
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy J6+ Dual SIM

3.1
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 720 × 1480 pixels (6.00 in…
RAM
3 GB, 4 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
View details PDF
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro 2018
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro 2018

2.5
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 540 × 960 pixels (5.0…
RAM
1.5 GB
Storage
16 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2600 mAh
View details PDF
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy J2 2018
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy J2 2018

2.6
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 540 × 960 pixels (5.0…
RAM
1.5 GB, 2 GB
Storage
16 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2600 mAh
View details PDF

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
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