The launch of the Galaxy S23 without an Exynos SoC raised questions about the future of these chips. The truth is that it was totally understandable, because the Exynos 2200 that the Galaxy S22 mounted it was a real failurethat this did not have a generational renewal seemed like a sure sign that Samsung could have shelved its adventure in the world of SoC.
However, this really it did not make sense because, as I have already told you on more than one occasion, Samsung has interests in the SoC sector, and he has more than enough reasons to continue with his Exynos line. Among the most important we can highlight that he plays with the advantage of being able to produce his own SoCs, so that in the end everything stays at home, and because these would allow him to differentiate himself from other players in the smartphone sector.
This idea that I have just told you was reinforced a few months ago, when we told you that Samsung was working on two new SoCs, the Exynos 1330 and 1380two chips that would be aimed at the mid-range market, and today both have been officially presented, so what I have been telling you for some time is confirmed, and it is clear that the South Korean giant it does not plan to abandon its own line of SoCs.
The Exynos 1380 SoC is a chip made on Samsung’s 5nm node that comes with four Cortex-A78 cores running at 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores running at 2 GHz. The first block is high-performance, and the second is high-efficiency. On its GPU side it has a Mali-G68 MP5 at 950 MHz, can work with FHD+ displays at 144 Hz and supports LPDDR4X and LPDDR5 memory, as well as UFS 3.1 storage.
This SoC also has a neural processing unit Offering a total power of 4.9 TOPs, it comes with a 5G modem and it has a network solution compatible with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, which makes it a very complete silicon. You can mount cameras up to 200 MP.
We now turn to Exynos 1330a chip that we can consider as an economic mid-range that is also manufactured in Samsung’s 5 nm node, and that has two 2.4GHz Cortex-A78 cores and six 2GHz Cortex-A55 cores. Its GPU is a Mali-G68 MP2, supports FHD+ displays at 120Hz, and maintains the same level of memory and storage compatibility as the Exynos 1380. It also maintains connectivity options and 5G support, but only supports cameras up to 108 PM.
On paper, both chips look good, as they seem to be on a par with other MediaTek and Qualcomm solutions that we can consider to be their direct rivals, but we’ll have to wait and see. what are they capable of offering in terms of performanceand what price are the terminals that will reach the market based on both SoCs.
