Exynos 1480: Specs, Pros & Cons, Alternatives

KACBU

Should I buy it?

Exynos 1480

CONSIDER

Great choice if these matter:

Daily Use
Gaming
Value for Money

Watch out for:

Cortex-A78 cores date from 2020 and trail the newer designs rivals use at this price.
Used only in Galaxy phones, so it gets less third-party optimisation than Snapdragon or Dimensity.

Regret riskLOWlimited data

Main risks

Cortex-A78 cores date from 2020 and trail the newer designs rivals use at this price.
Used only in Galaxy phones, so it gets less third-party optimisation than Snapdragon or Dimensity.
Samsung publishes no cache sizes or TDP figure.
Exynos parts have historically run warmer than equivalent Snapdragons under sustained load.

The risk level is computed from the release date and verified weaknesses. The confidence score appears only once enough owner reports exist.

Alternatives

Google Tensor G6

Intel Core 7 350

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Official Statement

What does Samsung say about the product?

A summary of Samsung's official product description.

Samsung

Official Samsung source

Samsung built the Exynos 1480 around an AMD-derived GPU for the midrange.

Announced on March 11, 2024, the Exynos 1480 is a 4nm platform with four Cortex-A78 cores at 2.75 GHz, four Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0 GHz and the Xclipse 530 GPU, which is based on AMD's RDNA 2 architecture. Samsung cites 53% higher GPU performance and 22% better efficiency than the Exynos 1380, along with a fourfold AI uplift.

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Open Samsung's official statement

Core Structure

How many cores does the processor have?

Manufacturer's official core and architecture information.

CORE STRUCTURE

The structure decisive in multi-core tasks.

8 Core

8-core — Total Cores · 8 Thread — Concurrent Threads · 4 Performance — High-performance core · 4 Efficiency — Low-power core · Arm Cortex-A78 / A55 — Core architecture

8-core8 Thread4 Performance4 EfficiencyArm Cortex-A78 / A55

8-coreTotal Cores

8 ThreadConcurrent Threads

4 PerformanceHigh-performance core

4 EfficiencyLow-power core

Arm Cortex-A78 / A55Core architecture

Frequency

How fast does it work?

Manufacturer's official frequency values.

FREQUENCY

Value that determines single-core performance.

2.75 GHz Boost

2.75 GHz — Maximum boost frequency · 2.0 GHz — Efficiency core frequency

2.75 GHz2.0 GHz

2.75 GHzMaximum boost frequency

2.0 GHzEfficiency core frequency

Power and Cooling

How much power does it draw?

Official power values that determine cooling needs.

POWER AND COOLING

These values determine the cooling budget.

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Device dependent — Cooling solution

Device dependent

Device dependentCooling solution

Who Is It For?

Where does it stand out?

A usage guide built from the specs and the editors' tags; not a test result.

Daily Use

A balanced spec set for everyday use: display, battery and camera figures together.

Good fit

Gaming

For gaming; tagged from the display's refresh rate and the chip's class. We have not measured frame rates or heat ourselves.

Good fit

Value for Money

An editor's tag for hardware that is well priced for what it offers. We do not track current prices; check the price before you buy.

Good fit

Editorial Analysis

Strengths and points to consider

The Kacbu editors' assessment of the specifications the maker publishes. We do not test devices ourselves, so nothing here is a measured result. Anything taken from an independent review is shown with its publication and date in the Press section.

Strengths based on the specs

Xclipse 530 graphics built on AMD RDNA 2 — Samsung claims 53% more GPU performance than the Exynos 1380.

Four Cortex-A78 performance cores at 2.75 GHz, a high clock for the midrange.

4nm manufacturing, which Samsung says is 22% more efficient than the Exynos 1380.

Supports UFS 3.1, 144 Hz displays, 200 MP cameras, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

Samsung cites a fourfold improvement in AI performance over its predecessor.

Things to consider

Cortex-A78 cores date from 2020 and trail the newer designs rivals use at this price.

Used only in Galaxy phones, so it gets less third-party optimisation than Snapdragon or Dimensity.

Samsung publishes no cache sizes or TDP figure.

Exynos parts have historically run warmer than equivalent Snapdragons under sustained load.

Historical Product Info

Official launch details

Instead of tracking today's retail price, Kacbu keeps the product's official launch information as a reference.

AnnouncedMarch 11, 2024

The manufacturer's official announcement date.

Design🇰🇷 South Korea

Manufacturing🇰🇷 South Korea

Samsung designs Exynos in South Korea and is one of the few chip designers that also manufactures: Exynos parts are produced at Samsung Foundry's own plants, primarily in South Korea.

This is not the current retail price — it shows the product's historical, official launch information.

Specifications

Exynos 1480 specifications

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General

Family

Exynos 1000

Segment

Mobile midrange SoC

Release Year

2024

Manufacturer

Samsung

Core Structure

Cores

Threads

Core Architecture

Arm Cortex-A78 / A55

Efficiency Core

Performance Core

Frequency

Boost Clock

2.75 GHz

Efficiency-Core Clock

2.0 GHz

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Graphics Unit

Integrated Graphics

Xclipse 530

Power

Cooling Solution

Device dependent

Platform

Socket

BGA (SoC)

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Lithography

4 nm

FAQ

The most common questions about this product

What the numbers on the spec sheet actually mean in day-to-day use.

What does an AMD GPU mean in practice?

The Xclipse line uses AMD's RDNA graphics architecture rather than Arm's Mali designs, which is what brings features like hardware ray tracing down from the flagship Exynos chips.

Snapdragon or Exynos in a Galaxy A phone?

Unlike the flagship S series, A-series models generally ship one chip worldwide rather than splitting by region — so which chip you get is decided by the model, not your market. The A37 uses this Exynos; the cheaper A27 uses a Snapdragon.

Which phones use it?

Every phone in this catalogue carrying it is listed on this page, so you can compare them directly.

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