Samsung is still working on improving its own Exynos chips, but not only in the high-end range. Lately, the company has been trying to offer better experiences for mid-range devices as well. Now, a new leak has revealed the potential key specs of the Exynos 1580, the successor to the current Exynos 1480 present in phones like the Galaxy A55. It could be on par with high-end hardware from a few years ago.
Key specs and potential performance of the Exynos 1580 chip leak
The report includes Geekbench (v5) scores of the alleged Exynos 1580 chip (codename S5E8855). This gives an idea of the performance that the next Galaxy A56 could offer. The chip’s database entry reveals it will have an octa-core CPU with 1x Cortex-A720 super core at 2.91 GHz, 3x high-performance Cortex-A720 cores at 2.6 GHz, and 4x efficient Cortex-A520 cores at 1.95 GHz.
The tested hardware platform also has 8 GB of RAM and runs on Android 15. The chip got 1,046 points in Geekbench’s single-core test and 3,678 points in the multi-core test. This translates to comparable performance to chips like the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100. For reference, these were SoCs for flagship devices in 2021.
While there’s an improvement, the Exynos 1580’s CPU power is not on par with the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, the most powerful Qualcomm’s mid-range chipset. However, the report suggests that the new Xclipse 540 GPU could even outperform its rival Snapdragon. It’s possible that Samsung will implement the RDNA3 architecture used by the Exynos 2400 in the Galaxy S24 series. So, the Exynos 1580 could still have high potential for mobile gaming.
While the upcoming Exynos 2500 flagship chipset will use Samsung Foundry’s 3nm process, it’s unlikely that the Exynos 1580 will as well. Therefore, it appears likely that it will use the South Korean giant’s 4nm process. Fortunately, the company’s current 4nm wafers produce fairly efficient chips, and the latest Exynos 2400 is proof of that. So, hopefully, the company’s next mid-range chipset won’t suffer from overheating.
