Samsung Galaxy S23 Spotted With Next-Gen Snapdragon Processor
Rumors have it that Samsung desires to ditch its in-house Exynos answers and use Qualcomm’s next-technology Snapdragon processor in the Galaxy S23 collection globally. While we do not have affirmation yet, we now recognize that the United States variations of the upcoming Galaxy flagships will really now no longer transfer to Exynos. The base Galaxy S23 version for the United States (version variety SM-S911U) has lately been regarded on benchmarking platform Geekbench, revealing some key details.
The Samsung SM-S911U, aka Galaxy S23, will function as an octa-center processor codenamed Kalama. It’s none apart from Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The chipset has a single top CPU center clocked at 3.36GHz, 4 mid-cores clocked at 2.80GHz, and 3 power-green cores clocked at 2.02GHz. We need to be searching at ARM’s modern-day Cortex-X3, Cortex-A710, and Cortex-A510 cores respectively. The Geekbench list is additionally famous for the Adreno 740 GPU. The new chipset needs to additionally have a progressed NPU (neural processing unit).
This Geekbench access for the Galaxy S23 suggests 8GB of RAM, even though it needs to be secure to expect that Samsung will provide greater RAM options. The smartphone will debut with Android 13 out of the box, alongside the modern-day new release of the Korean firm’s One UI custom software. Overall, the handset scored 1,524 factors withinside the single-center check and 4,597 factors withinside the multi-center check on Geekbench v5.4.4. These are proper ratings for initial exams primarily based totally on prototype devices with likely incorrect hardware and software. We need to see greater of those online benchmarks for Samsung’s new flagships withinside the coming weeks.
The Galaxy S23 series may feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 globally.
As stated earlier, Samsung is considering using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor in its Galaxy S23 series globally. It shipped the previous-generation models with its in-house Exynos processors to some markets, including Europe. However, the consistently poor performance of Exynos solutions has become a huge problem for the Korean firm and should not be ignored and it wants to go exclusively with Snapdragon chipsets. Korean media recently reported internal conflict between several of Samsung’s business divisions over the decision. We should get a clearer picture soon.
We should hear more about the Galaxy S23 series in the coming months. The new Samsung flagships are expected to be officially unveiled in late January or early February 2023. So the phones are still more than three months away, which is plenty of time for more leaks and rumors. We will keep you informed.
