Samsung’s Exynos 1580 Comes With AI, Double GPU
The Exynos 1580 chipset arrives with an upgraded ARM v9 cores and a new tri-cluster architecture. It houses one primary Cortex-A720 core clocked at 2.9 GHz, three Cortex-A720 capped at 2.6 GHz, and four Cortex-A520 cores operating at 1.95 GHz.
Samsung has unveiled a new processor for mobile devices- the Exynos 1580, which arrives as a successor to the Exynos 1480. It is a mid-range chipset, developed in-house by Samsung Semiconductor, and expected to power the next generation of affordable Galaxy phones.
Fabricated on a 4-nanometre process, the octa-core chipset comes with support for up to 200-megapixel cameras, artificial intelligence (AI) features, and a neural processing unit (NPU) with NPU with 14.7 TOPS of computing power. Samsung claims it can deliver up to 37 percent improved GPU performance.
The Samsung Galaxy A56 5G, which might debut early next year, is likely to use the Exynos 1580 chipset.
Samsung Exynos 1580 Chipset: Specifications
The Exynos 1580 chipset arrives with an upgraded ARM v9 cores and a new tri-cluster architecture. It houses one primary Cortex-A720 core clocked at 2.9 GHz, three Cortex-A720 capped at 2.6 GHz, and four Cortex-A520 cores operating at 1.95 GHz. The chip supports LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. It features an NPU which supports up to 14.7 trillion operations per second (TOPS) and an upgraded memory capacity of 2MB.
The new chipset is integrated with a Samsung Xclipse 540 third-generation custom GPU, featuring two Work Group Processors (WGPs), increased GL2 cache capacity, twice the amount of texture unit processing.
For photography, Samsung’s new chipset supports up to 200-megapixel cameras, offering 4K video recording and playback at 60fps (frames per second). It can deliver an enhanced Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR) performance with the help of a new motion refinement feature and a large Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD). These upgrades allow users to capture videos with less noise during low-light situations.
The new Exynos chip supports FHD+ displays with refresh rates of up to 144Hz.
Other key highlights of the Exynos 1580 include support for Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth v5.4, and 5G connectivity. It supports both Sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G bands with up to 5.1Gbps of download speeds.
Upgrades from Exynos 1480 to Exynos 1580
| Exynos 1480 | Exynos 1580 | |
| Node | 4nm EUV | 4nm EUV |
| CPU (prime) | – | 1x Cortex-A720 @ 2.9GHz |
| CPU (big) | 4x Cortex-A78 @ 2.75GHz | 3x Cortex-A720 @ 2.6GHz |
| CPU (small) | 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz | 4x Cortex-A520 @ 1.95GHzortex-A520 @ 1.95Ghz |
| GPU | Xclipse 530
RDNA 3, 1x WGP |
Xclipse 540
RDNA 3, 2x WGP |
| NPU | 6K MAC | 6K MAC (14.7 TOPS) |
| RAM | LPDDR4X, LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Storage | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Screen | 1080p+ @ 144Hz | 1080p+ @ 144Hz |
| Camera | 200MP, 4K @ 60fps | 200MP, 4K @ 60fps |
| 5G | NR (5.1Gbps down, 1.28Gbps up)
mmWave (4.84Gbps down, 0.92Gbps up) |
NR (5.1Gbps down, 1.28Gbps up)
mmWave (4.84Gbps down, 0.92Gbps up) |
| 4G | Cat. 18 (6CC 1.2Gbps down, 2CC 211Mbps up) | Cat. 18 (6CC 1.2Gbps down, 2CC 211Mbps up) |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.4 |
