The previous announcement of the Exynos 2400 barely revealed much about Samsung’s flagship SoC, but thanks to Galaxy Unpacked, we get to know more about the chipset. Overall, the new silicon is more impressive than the Exynos 2200, at least on paper. Still, we believe it should provide some competition for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 when actual benchmark comparisons come through.
Exynos 2400 is mass produced on Samsung’s improved 4LPP+ process, offers a deca-core CPU cluster, and the new Xclipse 940 GPU
Similar to other Android flagship chipsets, the Exynos 2400 features a single Cortex-X4 that operates at 3.20GHz, with the remaining nine cores being a combination of Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520. Overall, Samsung’s latest silicon sports a 10-core CPU, which should offer better multi-core performance, but in the past, we have seen Qualcomm’s Snapdragon beat its Exynos competitor in multiple tests. Hopefully, with the inclusion of the RDNA3-based Xclipse 940 GPU, things will be different.
Since Samsung has yet to utilize its first-generation 3nm GAA process for smartphone chipsets, the Exynos 2400 is mass produced using the Korean giant’s 4LPP+ node, which should improve power efficiency compared to the company’s earlier 4nm iteration. However, this technology is likely less advanced than TSMC’s N4P process used to fabricate the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Exynos 2400 also features a new Neural Processing Unit (NPU) with 17K MAC.
The SoC is powerful enough to drive a 4K display at 120Hz or a QHD+ panel at 144Hz. As for the camera, the Exynos 2400 supports up to a single 320MP unit, with 8K video encoding possible at 30FPS and decoding at 8K 60FPS. The integrated 5G modem has also received some bandwidth upgrades, with the mmWave side of things capable of achieving 12.1Gbps in downlink speeds and 3.67Gbps in uplink speeds. As for sub-6GHz, the same modem can reach nearly 10Gbps in downlink speeds and 2.55Gbps in uplink speeds.
While everything looks impressive, we shall see how the Exynos 2400 performs in real-world and synthetic benchmarks. This year, only the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus targeted in some regions will ship with Samsung’s latest and greatest chipset, while the other variants have been treated to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy. As for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, it will exclusively feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy since Samsung figured that customers who are paying top dollar for a flagship this year should also experience a better silicon in return.
News Source: Samsung
About the author: Omar Sohail is a reporter and analyst for Wccftech's mobile section, specializing in the technology and business of the mobile industry. His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developments in semiconductor manufacturing, chip lithography, and camera sensor technology.
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