Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1480 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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

Compared fields 40
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1480
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Architecture 4x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 1x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2750 MHz 2960 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.1-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP 5 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
GPU Samsung Xclipse 530 Adreno 640
GPU architecture Titan (RDNA 2) Adreno 600
GPU clock 1300 MHz 675 MHz
Execution units Not available 2
Shaders 128 384
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops 1037 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Hexagon 690

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 20
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1480Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Release March 2024 April 2019
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8845 SM8150-AC
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Devices in database 1 2
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 1480

5G
Samsung Galaxy Quantum5
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Quantum5

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A55 5G

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Xiaomi Pad 5
Xiaomi

Xiaomi Pad 5

2.9
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pixel…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 8720 mAh
PDF manual 4G
POCO X3 Pro
POCO

POCO X3 Pro

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5160 mAh