Samsung is expected to ship its Galaxy S24 series flagships with two different chipsets. The Ultra model will use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 “For Galaxy” globally, while the other two models will feature the Exynos 2400 in some regions, including Europe. Neither processor is official yet, but we may have an early look at their performances thanks to CPU benchmarks.
Benchmarks suggest the Exynos 2400 can’t beat Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
The Exynos-powered Galaxy S24+ and Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S24 Ultra have just popped up on the popular benchmarking platform Geekbench. The former phone achieved a single-core score of 2,067 and a multi-core score of 6,520 in the Geekbench v6 CPU tests. The latter delivered better results in both tests, scoring 2,234 and 6,807, respectively.
If these scores are anything to go by, Samsung might find it hard to sell the Exynos versions of the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+. The Exynos 2400 lags behind the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in CPU performance, and that’s something that fans don’t want to hear. It isn’t a massive gap, but Galaxy users are already fed up with an underperforming Exynos chip. This is why everyone appreciated Samsung for using a Snapdragon chip for the Galaxy S23 series globally.
Unfortunately, the Korean behemoth is going back to its usual dual-chip strategy next year. There are hopes that it has fixed all those power and performance issues that have been plaguing the Exynos chip lineup for years. However, early signs aren’t very promising. Not just the CPU performance, the Exynos 2400’s GPU may also fail to outmuscle the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It struggled to beat the previous-gen Snapdragon processor in a recent benchmark run.
Samsung reportedly plans to unveil the Galaxy S24 series in January 2024. So time is running out for it to optimize the performance of the Exynos 2400. It remains to be seen whether the new Exynos chip does a better job in power efficiency and thermal management than the competing Snapdragon solution. If it underperforms in those areas too, it would be tough to recommend the Exynos 2400 versions of the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+.
Geekbench shows the Galaxy S24 Ultra with 8GB of RAM
Interestingly, the new Geekbench entry for the Galaxy S24 Ultra shows it with 8GB of RAM. Earlier rumors said Samsung will offer at least 12GB of RAM on the phone. That said, the device used for this benchmark run isn’t a retail unit, so those rumors might still turn out to be true. Maybe, this performance gap between the Exynos and Snapdragon versions will also be lesser in the retail units. We shall find out soon.
