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ARMs Race | Samsung finally announces the long-awaited Exynos 2200 with Xclipse GPU based on AMD RDNA 2
Samsung has finally announced the fruit of its 2019 licensing deal with AMD, the Exynos 2200 mobile processor which is the first to feature an AMD GPU based on RDNA 2 architecture that is capable of ray tracing.
The Exynos 2200 uses Samsung’s 4nm EUV process and features an AMD derived GPU, Samsung is calling Xclipse, which AMD’s SVP of Radeon GPU tech David Wang is “the first result of multiple planned generations of AMD RDNA graphics in Exynos SoCs. The Exynos 2200 is made up of one high-performance Cortex-X2, three Cortex A710 cores to balance performance and four Cortex A510 cores for efficiency. Additionally, the company has upgraded the NPU with x2 more performance, and added an ISP with support for up to 200 megapixels.
Exynos 2200 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 specs
| Exynos 2200 | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | |
| Fabrication Process | 4nm EUV (Samsung Foundry) | 4nm EUV (Samsung Foundry) |
| CPU | 1x Cortex-X2 3x Cortex-A710 4x Cortex-A510 | 1x Cortex-X2 @ 3GHz 3x Cortex-A710 @ 2.5GHz 4x Cortex-A510 @ 1.8GHz |
| GPU | Xclipse 920 (Based On AMD RDNA 2), Ray-Tracing, VRS, HDR10, HDR10+ | Adreno (Adreno 730) @ 818MHz, VRS, Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG |
| DSP | 4K 120Hz, QHD+ 144Hz | 4K 120Hz, QHD+ 144Hz |
| NPU | Dual-Core (With 2x Performance Over Exynos 2100) | Triple-Core |
| RAM | Quad-Channel LPDDR5 | Quad-Channel LPDDR5 |
| Storage | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| ISP | Up To 200MP 108MP @ 30FPS 64MP+32MP @ 30FPS 8K 30FPS Video 4K 120FPS Video | Up To 200MP 108MP @ 30FPS64MP+36MP @ 30FPS36MP+36MP+36MP @ 30FPS8K 30FPS Video + 64MP Photo4K 120FPS Video + 64MP Photo |
| Modem | Integrated 5G Modem (mmWave/Sub-6GHz) Up to 10Gbps (Dual-Connection Mode) Up To 3.67Gbps Upload | Integrated 5G Modem (mmWave/Sub-6GHz)Up to 10Gbps DownloadUp To 3Gbps Upload |
| Location | BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS | BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi Direct | Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
On paper Samsung’s Exynos could be evenly match to take on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and we will soon find out which phone has more to offer in not only raw performance but with other important factors as well. Samsung is said to be launching Galaxy S22 with its new Exynos 2200, but traditionally US markets received the Snapdragon model. Could 2022 be the year that we finally get a Exynos 2200 powered Galaxy S22? Did you notice all the 22’s?
