It seems like 2021 will bring nothing new in terms of Exynos SoCs, as the Exynos 1000 won’t be on the same level as the Snapdragon 875. This information comes from Ice Universe, a well-known tipster.
The Exynos 1000 won’t be on the same level as the Snapdragon 875, nor offer AMD GPU
The tipster admits that “the gap is narrowing”, but that the Exynos 1000 still won’t be on the same level as Qualcomm’s flagship SoC. The Exynos 1000 won’t adopt a GPU from AMD, it seems.
The source claims that Samsung’s 2022 flagship SoC will utilize AMD GPU, so that means the Exynos 1000 will not. The tipster also says that the Snapdragon 875 will be faster, and have a better GPU.
He did note that the Exynos 1000 will probably have better power consumption than the Snapdragon 875, though, so that’s at least something.
It is a bit odd that Samsung doesn’t plan to utilize a GPU from AMD for the Exynos 1000. That chip was widely expected to use such a GPU, but it seems like the company is not yet ready for that transition.
Either Samsung isn’t ready, or the GPU itself isn’t ready. Whatever the case may be, we’ll have to wait a bit longer for that to happen. AMD’s GPU could make all the difference.
Why? Well, a leaked benchmark that surfaced earlier this year suggested that AMD’s GPU could be three times “better” than the Snapdragon 865’s GPU. In other words, it’ll be a real beast, it seems.
The Exynos 1000 will stick to a Mali GPU, it seems
Considering that the Exynos 1000 won’t utilize AMD’s GPU, it will stick with a Mali GPU. We’re not sure what GPU exactly, but we’ll find out once Samsung announces the thing.
We don’t yet have much information about the Snapdragon 875, and the same goes for the latest Exynos chipset. Both of those chips will likely be 5nm processors, though.
Chances are that both will be octa-core processors as well. They’ll be made on a 64-bit architecture, and both will fuel the Galaxy S21 series next year.
As most of you know, Samsung uses two different flagship SoCs in its Galaxy S and Note series devices. Phones in Europe and India ship with Exynos chips, while those in the US and China come with Qualcomm’s offerings.
The Exynos-powered Galaxy S20 series cannot match the Snapdragon-powered alternatives, the same goes for the Note 20 as well. Let’s hope that gap will be smaller in 2021.