Exynos 1580 unveiled with Cortex-A720 cores, double the GPU hardware

The Exynos 1480 was a cool mid-range chip – literally, its sustained performance was great. But it was only ever used in one phone, Samsung’s own Galaxy A55, which is a bit of a shame. Here’s what comes next – the Exynos 1580, likely to be used in the upcoming Galaxy A56.

This chip is a major upgrade over its predecessor – it’s built on a new node, with ARMv9 CPU cores and double the GPU hardware. Specifically, the chip is fabbed on Samsung’s third-generation 4nm EUV FinFET process.

The CPU of the Exynos 1580 moves to a three-cluster design with one prime Cortex-A720 core (2.9GHz),…