Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs Samsung Exynos 1580

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

Compared fields 39
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 625Samsung Exynos 1580
Architecture 8x 2 GHz - Cortex-A53 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2000 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 14 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 2 billion Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 625Samsung Exynos 1580
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 933 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 1x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 7.46 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 625Samsung Exynos 1580
GPU Adreno 506 Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU architecture Not available Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU clock 650 MHz Not available
Execution units 1 Not available
Shaders 96 Not available
FLOPS 124.8 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 11 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon 546 Yes

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 625Samsung Exynos 1580
Maximum display resolution 1900 x 1200 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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 625Samsung Exynos 1580
4G LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 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 625Samsung Exynos 1580
Release February 2016 October 2024
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number MSM8953 S5E8855
Storage support eMMC 5.1 UFS 3.1
Devices in database 75 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro

3.0
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy C7 SM-C7000
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy C7 SM-C7000

3.1
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
32 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova Dual SIM
Huawei

Huawei Nova Dual SIM

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.00…
RAM
3 GB, 4 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3020 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova Plus Dual SIM
Huawei

Huawei Nova Plus Dual SIM

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
32 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3340 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova Plus
Huawei

Huawei Nova Plus

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
32 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3340 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova
Huawei

Huawei Nova

3.7
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.00 i…
RAM
3 GB, 4 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3020 mAh

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