A while back we saw the first results of what should be the Exynos 1580, Samsung’s next mid-range chipset. Now we have a new set of results coming from one of the main devices on which the new chip will be used: the Samsung Galaxy A56.
Predictably, the phone carries the model number SM-A566B while the chipset falls under S5E8855.
Samsung Galaxy A56 (SM-A566B) scorecard from Geekbench 6.2.2
The Exynos 1580 has eight CPU cores: 1x prime core at 2.91GHz, 3x mid-cores at 2.60GHz and four small cores at 1.95GHz. We don’t actually know what those cores are yet, but Samsung has rebalanced things since the Exynos 1480, which had 4x A78 cores at 2.75 GHz and 4x A55 at 2.0 GHz.
The primary core in the upcoming chip runs at a higher clock speed, aimed at higher single-core performance. It may even be a different core compared to the three center cores.
Geekbench also included the GPU – codenamed “Angle”, it’s the Xclipse 540. Last year’s chip had a previous-generation big that the new chip will be upgraded to the newer RDNA 3 architecture, as the other GPU of the x40 generation, the Xclipse 940 in the Exynos 2400, uses just that.
As for the Samsung Galaxy A56, it was configured with 8 GB of RAM, but that doesn’t mean much: the A55 had options of 6 GB, 8 GB and even 12 GB. What’s more interesting is that the phone ran Android 15, unlike, say, the Galaxy S24 FE, which came out with Android 14 (and a lower performance Exynos 2400e chip).
By the way, it’s still too early to look at the scoring results – the chip has already improved since the first benchmark was spotted and there’s still plenty of time before Samsung unveils the Galaxy A56. Based on the releases of the A55, A54 and A53, this will happen in mid-March.