Samsung Exynos 1480 unveiled with 2.7GHz clock speeds

Details about the Samsung 82 Exynos 1480 have been unveiled, a week after the only phone with this chipset was released.

The chipset has changes in CPU build when compared to its predecessor. The Exynos 1480 has two (2) Cortex-A78 cores running at 2.75GHz and six (6) Cortex-A55 cores running at 2GHz.

Next, the Exynos 1480 is paired with an Xclipse 530 GPU based on AMD RDNA architecture. It’s the first midrange chipset with this advanced technology.

Samsung noted that this chipset provides 53% faster GPU performance in comparison to last year’s Exynos 1380. For connectivity, the chipset’s 5G features faster downlink and Wi-Fi 6E support.

The Samsung Galaxy A55 5G is currently the only phone with this chipset. Samsung has not shared information for when we’ll see another device running on the Exynos 1480.

However, if you’re curious, feel free to check out our review on the Galaxy A55. And for those curious about the entirety of the chipset’s capabilities, here you go.

Samsung Exynos 1480 specs:
FHD+ display @ 144Hz
Samsung Xclipse 530 GPU
4nm process
2x Cortex-A78 cores @ 2.75GHz
6x Cortex-A55 cores@ 2GHz
LPDDR4x, LPDDR5 memory, UFS 3.1 support
Up to 200MP in single camera mode
Single-camera 64MP @30fps
Dual-camera 32+32MP@30fps
Up to 4K 60fps
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)
Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth 5.3
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo