Unisoc T8300 vs Exynos 1580

We compared two 8-core processors: Unisoc T8300 (with Mali-G57 MP2 graphics) and Samsung Exynos 1580 (Samsung Xclipse 540). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Performs 10.9x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 1251K vs 639K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 6 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 17.07 GB/s)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~37%)
  • 32% higher CPU clock speed (2900 vs 2200 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
639225
1251512
CPU 264705 490457
GPU 41859 296896
Memory 131183 173263
UX 201478 290896
Total score 639225 1251512
Samples [3 tests] [139 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1356
Multi-Core Score
3888
Asset compression 114.7 MB/sec 187.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 51.3 pages/sec 98.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 77.7 Mpixels/sec 138.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 38 images/sec 73.4 images/sec
HDR 66.1 Mpixels/sec 119.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 6.54 images/sec 15.9 images/sec
Photo processing 20.3 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.23 Mpixels/sec 5.13 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 25 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Exynos 1580 +333%
6878
Background blur 2.52 images/sec 13.8 images/sec
Face detection 1.29 images/sec 6.57 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 5.77 Gpixels/sec 30.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 190.6 FPS 727.6 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples Less than 3 19 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 655
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 5 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 12398
Video editing score - 7114
Data manipulation score - 10983
Photo editing score - 23206
Writing score - 16063
Phones tested - 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Unisoc T8300
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (just.arcturus)AnTuTu 12713662
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Thanachot Matarat)AnTuTu 11630373
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (Alfa)AnTuTu 11526158
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (just_arcturus)AnTuTu 11639225
Samsung Exynos 1580
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 -> Baogia_VNAnTuTu 111281445
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 121090096
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 111278747
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 121090096
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (.)CPU Throttle82%

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Unisoc T8300 and Exynos 1580

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache - 512 KB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G57 MP2 Samsung Xclipse 540
Architecture Valhall 1st gen RDNA 3
GPU frequency 950 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 32 128
Total shaders 64 256
FLOPS 121.6 Gigaflops 1331.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
NPU theoretical performance - 14.7 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17.07 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 32 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution - 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support - LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed - Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced March 2025 October 2024
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number - S5E8855
Official page Unisoc T8300 official site Samsung Exynos 1580 official site

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
7 (43.8%)
9 (56.3%)
Total votes: 16

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