Snapdragon 8 Gen1 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:20:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Snapdragon 8 Gen1 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Samsung Exynos 2200 RDNA 2 GPU underperforms in early benchmarks https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/joao-silva/samsung-exynos-2200-rdna-2-gpu-underperforms-in-early-benchmarks/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/joao-silva/samsung-exynos-2200-rdna-2-gpu-underperforms-in-early-benchmarks/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:20:48 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=550450 The review embargo for Galaxy S22 phones hasn't lifted yet, but benchmark scores are beginning to make their way online. In the US, the S22 will come equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen1, while other countries will get a version with Samsung's own Exynos 2200 SoC under the hood. Unfortunately, it looks like there may …

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The review embargo for Galaxy S22 phones hasn't lifted yet, but benchmark scores are beginning to make their way online. In the US, the S22 will come equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen1, while other countries will get a version with Samsung's own Exynos 2200 SoC under the hood. Unfortunately, it looks like there may be a substantial performance gap between these two versions. 

Phone Enthusiast Erdi Özüağ (via VideoCardz) was lucky enough to obtain two samples of the S22 Ultra, one equipped with the latest Exynos chip and the other with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon mobile chip. With these two phones, the YouTuber was able to compare the two SoCs, the Exynos 2200 equipped with the AMD RDNA 2-based Xclipse 920 GPU and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 featuring the Adreno 730 GPU.

Analysing the scores, we see that the Exynos 2200 phone performs similar to the S21 Ultra featuring the Exynos 2100. However, the difference is evident compared to the Snapdragon Gen1-equipped phone, with the Exynos 2200 being much slower. To be more precise, when putting the 3DMark Wild Life scores of both S22 Ultra phones side-to-side, the Snapdragon is about 30% faster.

It's clear which SoC offers the best GPU peak performance, but most phones lack sustained performance, and that's where the Exynos 2200 may shine. According to PBK reviews (via Golden Retriever), the new Exynos flagship SoC is much more stable than the Snapdragon chip, meaning scores tend to reduce more on Snapdragon 8 Gen1-based phones.

It's worth noting that Samsung announced it would launch an update to improve performance on the S22 phones before release, which may increase peak and sustained performance.

KitGuru says: The Galaxy S22 isn't available yet and Samsung has promised more updates, so we may see improved peak performance in later benchmarks. 

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Samsung Exynos 2200 is a minor upgrade compared to predecessor https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/joao-silva/samsung-exynos-2200-is-a-minor-upgrade-compared-to-predecessor/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/joao-silva/samsung-exynos-2200-is-a-minor-upgrade-compared-to-predecessor/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:14:03 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=550018 The Samsung Exynos 2200 is coming to smartphones soon, complete with AMD RDNA2 graphics. Unfortunately, preliminary tests show that the chip might not be as impressive as hoped, with just a 5% bump to CPU performance and a 17% bump to GPU performance compared to the Exynos 2100.  Samsung announced the S22 line-up during the …

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The Samsung Exynos 2200 is coming to smartphones soon, complete with AMD RDNA2 graphics. Unfortunately, preliminary tests show that the chip might not be as impressive as hoped, with just a 5% bump to CPU performance and a 17% bump to GPU performance compared to the Exynos 2100. 

Samsung announced the S22 line-up during the Unpacked event a couple of days ago. As you may know, some S22 handsets will feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen1, but units sold outside of the US should feature Samsung's Exynos 2200 SoC. Samsung hasn't yet shared the official specifications of its latest Exynos chip, but ComputerBase has already shared the CPU clock speeds. In addition, TechAltar shared some comparative performance between the Exynos 2200 and its predecessor.

According to the German website, the Exynos 2200 CPU clock is 100 MHz lower than the Snapdragon 8 Gen1's Cortex-A510 (small) cores and 200Mhz lower than the big Cortex X2 core. Based on these specifications, the CPU performance of the Exynos chip may not be on par with Qualcomm's SoC, but the lower clock speeds may result in higher efficiency.

Moreover, preliminary tests show that the new Exynos chip's CPU is 5% faster than its predecessor, and graphics are 17% faster. We still don't know the GPU clock speeds of the Xclipse 920 GPU, but rumours have pointed to something between 1.3GHz and 1.4GHz. If proven to be accurate, it's worth mentioning that RDNA2 and the GPU architectures used on Mali and Adreno SKUs are entirely different, making a comparison between the clock speeds of these GPUs somewhat irrelevant.

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Qualcomm showcases its new flagship SoC – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/joao-silva/qualcomm-showcases-its-new-flagship-soc-the-snapdragon-8-gen-1/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/joao-silva/qualcomm-showcases-its-new-flagship-soc-the-snapdragon-8-gen-1/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:50:22 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=542060 Qualcomm has recently stated it would change the Snapdragon branding and naming scheme, starting with its new flagship SoC. That time has now come, with Qualcomm announcing the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, based on the 4nm process node and using the ARMv9 instruction set.  Like many of its predecessors, the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 …

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Qualcomm has recently stated it would change the Snapdragon branding and naming scheme, starting with its new flagship SoC. That time has now come, with Qualcomm announcing the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, based on the 4nm process node and using the ARMv9 instruction set. 

Like many of its predecessors, the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is powered by 8x cores but still offers about 20% more performance and consumes up to 30% less than the Snapdragon 888. The primary core is a Cortex-X2 running at 3.0GHz, accompanied by 3x Cortex-A710 cores clocked at 2.5GHz and 4x efficiency-oriented A510 cores operating at 1.8GHz.

The GPU was also improved, now featuring a new Adreno GPU that promises to be 30% faster and 25% more efficient. This new GPU will pack new gaming-oriented features like Variable Rate Shading, volumetric lighting and Adreno Frame Motion Engine, capable of doubling the frame output while maintaining power consumption.

Featuring an X65 5G modem, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports sub-6 and mmWave frequency bands, delivering a theoretical maximum speed of 10Gbps. For local connectivity, there's Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth 5.2 (with BT LE Audio) support.

The camera subsystem received a noticeable upgrade too, now featuring the first commercial 18-bit mobile ISP capable of capturing over 4000x more camera data than its predecessor and an Always-On ISP for always-on facial recognition. This SoC is capable of recording 8K HDR videos in HDR10+ format, which can be further enhanced thanks to the new Bokeh Engine (Portrait Mode for video capture).

The first phones featuring this SoC are expected to release before this year ends. Some brands that might launch a phone using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 include Black Shark, Honor, iQoo, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Redmi, Sharp, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE.

KitGuru Says: The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 looks set to bring a decent performance boost to next year's Android flagship devices. Will you be upgrading your phone soon? Will you be looking to get one with the Snapdragon 8 under the hood? 

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