Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Samsung Exynos 1480
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Samsung Exynos 1480
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 2750 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs March 2024)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Samsung
September 2025
Launch Date
March 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8850
Model Name
Exynos 1480
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
2750 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
-
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+224%
Exynos 1480
1158
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+263%
Exynos 1480
3485
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+480%
Exynos 1480
720068
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
459
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
467
3DMark Wild Life
Realme GT8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
22090
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
3900
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
982
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
17597
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
13186
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