Galaxy A56 brings big performance gains with Exynos 1580

Let us look at the performance gains it brings with its new Exynos chip.

Galaxy A56 uses Exynos 1580 chip and a bigger vapor chamber

Samsung has equipped the Galaxy A56 with its most powerful mid-range chip yet. It is the Exynos 1580, which was announced late last year.

The Exynos 1580 is a 4nm chip with an octa-core CPU. It has one Cortex-A720 CPU core clocked at 2.9GHz, three Cortex-A720 CPU cores running at 2.6GHz, and four Cortex-A520 cores clocked at 1.95GHz. Samsung says it offers 18% faster CPU performance than the Exynos 1480.

The Xclipse 540 GPU inside this chip is based on AMD's RDNA 3 architecture. It offers 17% more performance for gaming and other GPU-intensive tasks. Its NPU is 12% faster for improved AI performance.

The chip is paired with 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB internal storage.

To tame this new chip, Samsung has used a 15% bigger (3154mm²) vapor chamber cooling system than the one used in the Galaxy A55. With this bigger cooling system, the chip should be able to sustain its peak performance for an extended period.

• CPU: 18% faster than Exynos 1480
• GPU: 17% more powerful than Exynos 1480
• NPU: 12% faster than Exynos 1480

Overall, the Galaxy A56 should offer pretty good performance, especially for a higher mid-range phone.

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