Samsung unveils Exynos 9 - a 10nm chip to challenge the Snapdragon 835

23 February 2017
A Gigabit LTE modem, beefy GPU and a strong focus on VR define this chip. It's not purely a phone chipset either, it will be used in cars as well.

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  • Anonymous
  • P@1
  • 24 Feb 2017

exynos and mali good combo weak and power hunger gpu

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    • regs
    • pRP
    • 24 Feb 2017

    I guess yet again Exynos will have poor NFC controller so wouldn't support Mifare Classic.

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      • Savor
      • jBu
      • 24 Feb 2017

      And most Americans will never really get a chance to experience this unless they import it. Samsung will find a way to make the Snapdragon 835 run like crap compared to the same phones with the same chipset. It is pure laziness and bad optimization on Samsung's part to watch phones like the OnePlus 3, LG G5, and HTC 10 smoke the S7 edge (SD820) silly last year with the same chipset.

      Not that Americans should care about the Exynos anyway if they want their compatible LTE bands in their country. There is a trade-off. Americans get these phones cheaper, get many freebies/discounts, but more expensive service plans. Outside the United States, people can have the superior Exynos, cheaper (prepaid) plans but have to pay more for the phone upfront.

        Remember this not for all. A lot of us can't have this.. hahaha. As i am poor. Please give me one..

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          • AnonD-216319
          • DhW
          • 23 Feb 2017

          it's not 27 % performance boost on top of 40 % battery it's either or really , marketing is the devil nowadays

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            • Anonymous
            • n$F
            • 23 Feb 2017

            well.. MAYBE it will be a bit quicker than Snapdragon 835. I'd still buy a phone equiped with the latter for various reasons..

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              • Anonymous
              • 08B
              • 23 Feb 2017

              AnonD-646953, 23 Feb 2017just search "mt6799" in geekbench :DThese aren't the final results for many obvious reasons.
              - look to the frequencies 1248Mhz...even the slower cluster on X30 will be clocked to 2.0Ghz
              - look to mt6797x results
              - know what cortex A73 is

              Can you imagine mt6797x in 20nm with A72 provides about 1800pts in single core and X30 will only provides 1300 in 10nm...no sense at all!
              My own Helio X20 is always around 1550-1600...with same TSMC 20nm process, Snapdragon 810 often falls under 1000 and sometime to 600!!!

              Single-core on X30 will be about 2100 or 2200pts, that's what A73 2.8Ghz will give!

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                • r@s
                • 23 Feb 2017

                For Android, a good year to Shine.

                UP to now, no talk about UHD Displays equals to no frame drop for QHD displays with arrival of these giants.

                Good to see this year's Flagships.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 08B
                  • 23 Feb 2017

                  Anonymous, 23 Feb 2017own an s7 with 8890 CPU. everything fine here....no thrott... moreNot saying the soc is bad...
                  Just saying huge GPU can't work at full sustain performances.
                  And often haven't to do it...That's why you notice no throttling.

                  Here is a link :
                  https://gfxbench.com/compare.jsp?benchmark=gfx40&D1=Samsung+Galaxy+S7+edge+%28Mali-T880%2C+SM-G935x%29
                  Compare on-screen T-Rex and long term performances T-Rex.
                  From 51.2fps, it falls to 24.8!!! Same test, played 30 Times!

                  Same with S6! After 10minutes Mt6752 with 760mp2 run faster in fullhd than Exynos 7420 with 760mp8 on QHD
                  Same with 805, 808, 810, 820

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                    • AnonD-646953
                    • 0V{
                    • 23 Feb 2017

                    just search "mt6799" in geekbench :D

                      AnonD-39937, 23 Feb 2017There are "million reasons" why phones can't be as good as ... moreI was speaking of looking out towards the future, if you hadn't noticed.

                        Anonymous, 23 Feb 2017own an s7 with 8890 CPU. everything fine here....no thrott... moreTrue the Exynos version tend to have better battery life and better performance.
                        I would always go for an Exynos version over a Snapdragon one.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sUw
                          • 23 Feb 2017

                          Anonymous, 23 Feb 2017Problem... These huge GPU are made to hit the scores in ... moreown an s7 with 8890 CPU.
                          everything fine here....no throttling.
                          infact the snapdragon version of s7 was poorly optimized

                            Anonymous, 23 Feb 2017On GPU, frequency should put X30 (4x820) between Apple A9 (... moreActually it looks like it will be 21.5% faster than A9's GT7400 by 21.5% making it around 10% faster than A530. Hmm it culd also be sustainable at that frequency with 10nm FinFET... But we will have to wait & see.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 08B
                              • 23 Feb 2017

                              G4M3R, 23 Feb 2017Thanks for the update mate. The news about helio x30 is pre... moreWe will get some X30 at MWC

                              Vernee Apollo 2 on 27th february
                              And Meizu will probably present Pro 7 on 28th february (invite says "faster than ever")

                              As X20 is already really fast despite Emmc5.1 and 20nm, X30 should be great with 10nm and UFS2.1

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                                • 2Sx
                                • 23 Feb 2017

                                Anonymous, 23 Feb 2017Latest chinese rumors talk about an upgrade of cortex A53 t... moreThanks for the update mate. The news about helio x30 is pretty confusing everywhere. Some sites say it has four a73 cores and six a53 cores while some say two a73, four a53 and four a35. Though, I'm inclined towards latter now...
                                Guess we have to wait for a consumer device to use it :)

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 08B
                                  • 23 Feb 2017

                                  Peter-B, 23 Feb 2017D'oh! You're right, of course, I've corrected the table. ... moreYou're right about cores count...

                                  But third cluster on X30 is A35, not A53

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 08B
                                    • 23 Feb 2017

                                    G4M3R, 23 Feb 2017Right. The Helio x30 is deca core not octa. But your core ... moreLatest chinese rumors talk about an upgrade of cortex A53 to 2.5Ghz
                                    Many chinese web site talk about it.

                                    It "was" said by Mediatek at the International Solid State Circuits Conference

                                    Few English spoken web sites include it
                                    http://www.pcmag.com/article/351802/explore-the-highlights-of-the-solid-state-circuits-conferenc

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                                      • G4M3R
                                      • 2Sx
                                      • 23 Feb 2017

                                      Peter-B, 23 Feb 2017D'oh! You're right, of course, I've corrected the table. ... moreCan you confirm whether x30 has two a73 cores or four? Because it contradicts your own article

                                      http://www.gsmarena.com/mediatek_helio_x30_chipset_announced_10nm_two_more_a73_cores-news-19849.php

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                                        • 3ZP
                                        • 23 Feb 2017

                                        krystian, 23 Feb 2017Why would professionals use phones? There are actual camer... moreWell, you dont need to be a professional photographer to own a professional monitor, by professional i mean properly calibrated. Of course photographers dont need theyr smartphones for taking pictures, but they are certainly ahead of point and shooters by now.

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