Samsung’s Exynos 1580 Spotted: Galaxy A56 Benchmarks Unveiled

Earlier this month, Galaxy Club reported that Samsung is developing the Exynos 1580 chip, which is set to be featured in the Galaxy A56 model, identified as S5E8855 and codenamed “Santa.” Recently, a device running Android and associated with the S5E8855 appeared in the Geekbench database, leading some media outlets to speculate that this device is indeed the Galaxy A56.

According to the benchmarking page, the CPU architecture of the Samsung Exynos 1580 comprises 1*Cortex-A720 (2.91GHz) + 3*Cortex-A720 (2.60GHz) + 4*Cortex-A520 (1.95GHz). Notebookcheck reports that the backend code of Geekbench reveals this SoC’s GPU utilizes AMD Radeon’s Xclipse 540 architecture, although specific details remain undisclosed.

In Geekbench 5’s single-core and multi-core tests, the Exynos 1580 scored 1046 and 3678, respectively. For comparison, Notebookcheck notes that the Galaxy A55, equipped with the previous generation Exynos 1480, achieved single-core and multi-core scores of 891 and 2249, respectively. This translates to a 17% improvement in single-core theoretical performance and a 9% enhancement in multi-core performance for the Exynos 1580 over its predecessor. Additionally, when compared to the ROG Phone 5s powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile platform (single-core score of 1160, multi-core score of 3018) and the Galaxy S21 5G with the Exynos 2100 (single-core score of 1244, multi-core score of 3298), the Exynos 1580 exhibits comparable overall theoretical performance.

Rumors suggest that Samsung is developing several new chips for next-generation wearable devices and smartphones, including the Exynos 2500, which employs a 3nm process technology. However, it was previously reported that the yield rate for this SoC was “below expectations,” indicating significant issues that might compel Samsung to abandon its development.