Samsung’s flagship phones are known to come in two processor variants. There is the Snapdragon variant that is sold in China, the USA, and South Korea; and there is the Exynos variant sold in other markets including Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. The upcoming Galaxy Note20 series will follow the same trend.
It has been reported that the Snapdragon variant of the Note20 series will be powered by the newly-announced Snapdragon 865 Plus. However, it appears the reports that the Exynos variant will come with an Exynos 992 processor are false.
A tweet by the popular leaker Ice Universe has revealed the Galaxy Note20 series will have the Exynos 990 processor that powers the Galaxy S20 series and not the rumored, more powerful Exynos 992 chipset.
Damn, Exynos990 continues.
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) July 11, 2020
His tweet was corroborated by Max Weinbach of XDA-Developers who tweeted that he has seen no reference of the chipset in the firmware he has his hands on.
Can confirm. I have found no references to any new chip other than Snapdragon 865+ in the firmware's I have on hand.
The Exynos 990 will be used in the Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. https://t.co/AGee7eHv8F
— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) July 11, 2020
This is surely devastating news for those who will be purchasing the Exynos variant of the Note20 series. The Exynos 990 can’t even match the performance of the Snapdragon 865 processor. Comparisons between the Exynos 990 and Snapdragon 865 have shown that the former lags significantly when it comes to GPU performance. This means there will even be a wider gap between it and the new Snapdragon 865 Plus.
The Galaxy Note20 series unpacked event is scheduled for August 5. Samsung will also announce the Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Buds Live, and Galaxy Z Flip 5G at the event.
