Rumors are rife that Samsung will return to Exynos after just one year of Snapdragon exclusivity for its flagship smartphones. Next year’s Galaxy S24 series may ship with the Exynos 2400 processor in some markets, at least the base model could. While many have labeled the move a shot in the foot because of Exynos’ past issues, it may not be wise to write off the next-gen Exynos chip just yet. Early benchmark scores suggest Samsung’s next in-house processor is a powerhouse in the making.
According to information passed along on Twitter, the Exynos 2400 achieved an average single-core score of 1,530 and a multi-core score of 6,210 on a private Geekbench 5 run. The peak scores were 1,711 and 6,967, respectively. These are pretty impressive numbers. To put them into perspective, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 registered peak scores of 1,604 (single-core) and 5,311 (multi-core) in a similar Geekbench run (via). Apple’s A16 Bionic also trailed the Exynos 2400 in multi-core tests (5,344), but it did better in single-core tests (1,871).
Exynos 2400 is shaping up to be quite powerful
Of course, these Apple and Qualcomm chips aren’t the ones Exynos 2400 would be competing against. The two firms are working on their respective next-gen solutions. But the early signs are quite promising for the Samsung processor. It is about 31 percent faster that the current Qualcomm flagship. Rumors have it that the new Exynos chip will be a deca-core (ten CPU cores) solution featuring one ARM Cortex-X4 prime core, two Cortex-A720 high-frequency mid-cores, three Cortex-A720 low-frequency mid-cores, and four Cortex-A520 efficiency cores.
The Exynos 2400 will also bring a much improved GPU. We are hearing about AMD’s RDNA2-based graphics with 6WGP (Workgroup Processor), i.e. 12 compute units (CUs). The Exynos 2200’s Xclipse 920 GPU has three CUs, so the upcoming solution has four times more compute units. The Korean firm will manufacture the new chip on its improved 4nm LPP+ (low power performance) process node. So we should be in for power-efficiency improvements as well. The use of FoWLP (fan-out wafer-level packaging) packaging technology should also help in efficiency gains.
Long story short, the Exynos 2400 appears to have left behind Samsung’s Exynos woes for good. However, the damage has already been done. It would be difficult for Samsung to sell an Exynos-powered Galaxy S24 having shipped the Galaxy S23 series with a Snapdragon chip globally. Perhaps that’s why it is only considering equipping the base model with the new Exynos chip, that too in select markets. The plan is to show the world that it has fixed the Exynos issues before going all-in. Time will tell whether the idea works out as intended.
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