Samsung announced the Exynos 1580, the company’s latest mobile processor and successor to the existing Exynos 1480, found on the Galaxy A55 smartphone. This is still a 4nm octa-core SoC with all-new Armv9 cores.
When it comes to CPU architecture, the company has moved from bi-cluster architecture to a tri-cluster architecture consisting of one big Cortex-A720 core @ 2.9GHz, three middle Cortex-A720 cores @ 2.6GHz and four little Cortext-A520 cores @ 1.95Ghz. This is a good upgrade over its predecessor and should offer a higher level of performance and power efficiency.
When it comes to GPU, it uses an upgraded Xclipse 540, a third-gen custom GPU. The company promises a performance improvement of up to 37%. Compared to the predecessor, the GPU now has two Work Group Processors (WGPs) instead of one, and it also brings increased GL2 cache capacity and twice the amount of FMA/texture unit processing, said the company.
The Exynos 1580 also has an NPU that supports up to 14.7 trillion operations per second (TOPS) with a memory capacity increased to 2 MB, offering a high-quality AI experience.
The SoC supports a Full HD+ display with up to 144Hz refresh rate, up to 200MP camera, up to 4K 60fps video recording, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage, 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.4.
Samsung Exynos 1580 Specifications:
| Processor | Exynos 1580 (new) | Exynos 1480 |
| Process | 4nm (EUV) | 4nm (EUV) |
| CPU | 1x Cortex-A720 @ 2.90GHz, 3x Cortex-A720 @ 2.60GHz, 4x Cortex-A520 @ 1.95GHz | 2x Cortex-A78 @ 2.75GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz |
| Memory | LPDDR5, UFS v3.1 | LPDDR4x, LPDDR5, UFS v3.1 |
| Camera | Up to 200MP in single camera mode, Single-camera 64MP @30fps, Dual-camera 32+32MP@30fps, up to 4K 60fps video recording | Up to 200MP in single camera mode, Single-camera 64MP @30fps, Dual-camera 32+32MP@30fps, up to 4K 30fps video recording |
| Display | FHD+ @ 144Hz | |
| Graphics & AI | Samsung Xclipse 540 GPU; AI AI engine with 6K MAC NPU |
Samsung Xclipse 530 GPU |
| Modem | 5G NR Sub-6GHz 5.1 Gbps (DL), 1.28 Gbps (UL) / 5G NR mmWave 4.84 Gbps (DL), 0.92 Gbps (UL) / LTE Cat.18 6CC 1.2 Gbps (DL), Cat.18 2CC 211 Mbps (UL) | 5G NR Sub-6GHz 5.10 Gbps (DL) / 1.28 Gbps (UL) 5G NR mmWave 4.84 Gbps (DL) / 0.92 Gbps (UL) LTE Cat.18 6CC 1.2Gbps (DL) / Cat.18 2CC 211Mbps (UL) |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4 | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GNSS | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo | |
Availability
The Samsung Exynos 1580 chip is expected to power the upcoming Galaxy A56 5G smartphone. We can expect more Samsung phones and possibly some tablets with the chip.