Exynos 1580 chip with Cortex-A720 cores unveiled

Samsung has unveiled a new mid-range processor, the Exynos 1580, which will likely be used in the upcoming Galaxy A56 smartphone. The chip is a significant upgrade over the previous Exynos 1480, which was only used in the Galaxy A55.

Samsung has unveiled a new mid-range processor, the Exynos 1580, which is likely to be used in the upcoming Galaxy A55.

The main improvements of the Exynos 1580:

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• Technology process: the chip is built on Samsung’s third generation 4nm EUV FinFET process.
• Processor: a three-cluster architecture with one Cortex-A720 (2.9 GHz) main core, three high-performance Cortex-A720 (2.6 GHz) cores and four energy-efficient Cortex-A520 (1.95 GHz) cores. This gives a significant performance boost over the ARMv8 cores in the 1480.
• Graphics: The AMD RDNA 3 architecture-based GPU now has two group processing units, which increases performance by 37% at max mode and 20% at the same power consumption as its predecessor.
• NPU (Neural Processing Unit): performance has increased to 14.7 TOPS, a significant improvement over the Exynos 1380’s 4.9 TOPS. The cache size has also been increased to 2MB.
• NPU (Neural Processing Unit).
• Memory and storage: LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 support.

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Support for 5G, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 remains the same as its predecessor. The maximum display resolution is 1080p+ at 144Hz, and the cameras are up to 200MP or dual 32+32MP cameras with 4K video capture at 60fps. While a 200MP camera for the Galaxy A56 is unlikely, the chip does include improved image processing.

The Galaxy A56 will have a 200MP camera.

Exynos 1580 promises significantly improved performance and graphics, making the Galaxy A56 an even more compelling smartphone in the mid-price segment.