Samsung has revealed the complete details of the Exynos 1480 chipset, which is the successor to last year’s Exynos 1380 SoC. The Samsung Galaxy A55 is the first smartphone to be powered by the Exynos 1480 chipset. The phone was introduced earlier this month. However, the brand didn’t reveal the specs of the Exynos 1480 SoC at that time.
The Exynos 1480 SoC has the new Xclipse 530 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture
Samsung’s latest Exynos 1480 chipset offers four powerful ARM Cortex-A78 cores with a clock speed of 2.75GHz for power-hungry tasks. There are also four Cortex A-55 cores spinning at 2.0GHz, which provide better power efficiency by handling normal tasks. The real star of the show, however, is the company’s new Xclipse 530 GPU that’s based on AMD’s mobile RDNA 2 architecture. Until now, the brand only offered the AMD RDNA architecture on the flagship Exynos chipsets.
The Xclipse 530 GPU offers a 53% boost in performance as compared to the Mali-G68 MP5 GPU in the Exynos 1380. The new 4nm tech-based chipset supports LPDDR4x, LPDDR5, and UFS v3.1 type memory modules. The phones with the new Exynos chipset can support FHD+ resolution and a max screen refresh rate of 144Hz.
Samsung claims the Exynos 1480 chipset provides 13% app launch improvements and an 18% multicore performance. Jumping on the AI bandwagon, the new mid-range Exynos chipset has a built-in AI Engine with a 6K MAC Neural Processing Unit. Devices powered by this SoC should be capable of supporting some of the AI-powered features found in the Galaxy S24 series.
The Exynos 1480 supports up to 200MP cameras, Wi-Fi 6E, and faster 5G downlink speeds
Furthermore, Samsung has revealed that devices equipped with the Exynos 1480 SoC can support up to a 200MP single camera. There’s also support for a 64MP single camera at 30 fps. The phones with the chipset also support a dual 32MP + 32MP camera module at 30 fps. The SoC is capable of recording 4K videos at 60 frames per second.
Samsung has also improved the connectivity features of the new chipset. The SoC supports Wi-Fi 6E (an improvement over Wi-Fi 802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3, sub-6GHz 5G, mmWave 5G, and cat.18 LTE. Lastly, the new chipset offers faster 5G downlink speeds at 5.10Gbps as compared to 3.79Gbps on the Exynos 1380.
Samsung will launch more devices powered by the Exynos 1480 SoC later this year. We will bring you all the details on these products, so stay tuned for regular updates.