Almost three weeks after the announcement of the Galaxy A55 smartphone, Samsung introduced the Exynos 1480 processor included in it. The key differences between the proprietary chip and its predecessor were noticeably increased GPU performance and improved energy efficiency.
Samsung Exynos 1480 is manufactured using a 4nm process technology. The basis of the SoC is an eight-core CPU, which includes four cores each of ARM Cortex-A78 (2.75 GHz) and Cortex-A55 (2.0 GHz). The mobile platform supports LPDDR4X and LPDDR5 RAM, as well as UFS 3.1 standard drives.
The multimedia capabilities of the new product are provided by the built-in Xclipse 530 graphics accelerator based on AMD RDNA architecture. It provides support for displays with Full HD+ resolution and refresh rates up to 144 Hz, as well as Variable Rate Shading (VRS) and Super Resolution gaming technologies.
The ISP chip built into the platform is compatible with one 200 MP camera, and can also simultaneously process images from two 32 MP sensors with zero shutter lag (30 fps) or from one 64 MP sensor with zero shutter lag and HDR. It is possible to record 4K video at 60 fps.
The AI functions are powered by the AI Engine, which provides 4 times higher performance compared to its predecessor in the Exynos 1380. In addition, Samsung notes the presence of a 5G modem with a maximum theoretical download speed of up to 5.1 Gbps.
Finally, Exynos 1480 supports BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS and GPS satellite navigation systems, as well as Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 modules. It is still unknown which smartphones, besides the Galaxy A55, will receive the new processor.