Take a look at the performance of the Samsung Galaxy A55, and find out how well the Exynos 1380 performs against the competition!
Samsung Galaxy A55 : Powered By Exynos 1480
The Samsung Galaxy A55 is built around the new Samsung Exynos 1480 mobile platform that officially launched on 11 March 2024.
Fabricated on Samsung’s own 4 nm EUV process technology, the Exynos 1480 comes with a Samsung Xclipse 530 GPU, an improved 6K MAC NPU, as well as eight CPU cores arranged in two performance clusters:
- four Arm Cortex-A78 high-performance cores, and
- four Arm Cortex-A55 low-power cores.
The Samsung Exynos 1480 has an integrated 5G modem that supports Sub-6GHz and mmWave standards, as well as LTE Cat.18 uploads and downloads for current 4G networks.
It also supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3, as well as the four main GPS networks – GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo.
On paper, this is a powerful mid-range mobile platform, but let’s take a look at how it actually performs!
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Samsung Galaxy A55 : Work Performance
We first tested the Galaxy A55 using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.
Work 3.0 | S23 Ultra |
Galaxy A55 |
Galaxy A54 |
S22 Ultra |
Galaxy A73 |
Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 2 |
Exynos 1480 |
Exynos 1380 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 778G |
Performance Score | 16408 | 13583 | 13523 | 12860 | 12522 |
Web Browsing | 15680 | 11453 | 10659 | 10442 | 11736 |
Video Editing | 7879 | 7393 | 7363 | 7444 | 7082 |
Writing | 22257 | 17915 | 17485 | 15471 | 14796 |
Photo Editing | 35533 | 25962 | 28805 | 30177 | 26340 |
Data Manipulation | 12171 | 11742 | 11443 | 9691 | 9502 |
Look at that – the Samsung Exynos 1480 was virtually identical in performance as last year’s Exynos 1380, that powered the Galaxy A54. Perhaps that’s not surprising since they both use the same A78 and A55 cores.
The Exynos 1480 has its four A78 high-performance cores running at 2.75 GHz, instead of 2.4 GHz, but it appears that work applications don’t need all that much performance so the 14.5% higher clock speed did not matter.
Even so, the Samsung Exynos 1480 remains a fast mid-range mobile SoC, coming within 17.5% of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile SoC, which powers the Galaxy S23 Ultra flagship smartphone!
Samsung Galaxy A55 : Gaming Performance
For gaming, we tested the Galaxy A55 using 3DMark, with these results :
3DMark | S23 Ultra |
S22 Ultra |
Galaxy A55 |
Galaxy A54 |
Galaxy A73 |
Device | SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
Exynos 1480 |
Exynos 1380 |
SD 778G |
Sling Shot | 16344 | 11094 | 9058 | 6195 | 6620 |
Sling Shot Extreme | 13904 | 7291 | 6908 | 4943 | 5358 |
Wild Life | 14554 | 9106 | 3996 | 2860 | 2487 |
Wild Life Extreme |
3814 | 2220 | 954 | 799 | 689 |
This is where the Samsung Galaxy A55’s Exynos 1480 improved the most – it’s much better at gaming than the Exynos 1380, outperforming it by 19% to 46%. Very impressive!
Just in case you are wondering – no, the Xclipse 530 GPU used in the Exynos 1480 does not support ray-tracing.
Samsung Galaxy A55 : Overall Performance
We then tested the Galaxy A55 using AnTuTu, yielding these results :
AnTuTu | S23 Ultra |
S22 Ultra |
Galaxy A55 |
Galaxy A73 |
Galaxy A54 |
Device | SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
Exynos 1480 |
SD 778G |
Exynos 1380 |
AnTuTu Score | 1212174 | 889167 | 720595 | 523209 | 522411 |
CPU | 261886 | 203090 | 234309 | 159238 | 153230 |
GPU | 538823 | 402617 | 177275 | 159364 | 149596 |
Memory | 236163 | 146002 | 148103 | 88705 | 86578 |
UX | 175302 | 137458 | 160908 | 115902 | 133007 |
Look at that! AnTuTu shows that the Samsung Exynos 1480 is 38% faster than both the Galaxy A73, and the Galaxy A54!
Samsung Galaxy A55 : Performance Summary
When I tested last year’s Galaxy A54, I pointed out that while the Exynos 1380 has a fast CPU, it has a weak GPU That changed with the new Exynos 1480 – it retains the same fast CPU, but has a much more powerful Xclipse 530 GPU.
In addition to snappy performance in web browsing and work applications, the Exynos 1480 now offers much improved gaming performance, making it a great all-rounder mid-range mobile platform.
Samsung Galaxy A55 : Price + Availability
The Samsung Galaxy A55 comes with 8 GB of RAM, and either 128 GB or 256 GB of storage, with the option to add a microSD card in the hybrid SIM tray. It is covered by a 2-year warranty, with the following launch prices:
- 8 GB + 128 GB : £439 / A$699 / S$618
- 8 GB + 256 GB : RM1,999 / £489 / S$698
Surprisingly, Samsung decided not to bring the Galaxy A55 to the United States, and suggested that customers consider the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 FE instead. However, it is possible to purchase Latin American unlocked devices in the US (see below).
There are four colour options, which are not available in all countries – Awesome Iceblue, Awesome Lilac, Awesome Lemon, and Awesome Navy.
Here are online purchase options (we may get commission from your purchase) :
- MY : 4 colours | 4 colours | 4 colours | 4 colours
- SG : 4 colours | 4 colours | 4 colours | 4 colours
- US : Awesome Iceblue | Awesome Lilac
- UK : Iceblue | Lemon | Lilac | Navy
- AU : Awesome Lilac | Awesome Navy
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