The new Exynos 2100 packs some significant upgrades including GPU performance over its predecessor but its Arm Mali-G78 GPU may have been disappointing for some. To this category of people, the next Exynos flagship chipset may be the one to look forward to as it will feature that long-awaited AMD GPU.
During the Exynos 2100 event, the President and GM of the System LSI Business at Samsung, Dr. Inyup Kang, revealed that their next flagship Exynos processor will have a GPU co-developed with AMD. The news has gotten fans excited as it has been a long wait since the partnership was first announced back in June 2019.
Samsung has been playing catch-up with Qualcomm whose processors always have the overall better performance. So there is a chance this next-gen chipset with an AMD-developed GPU may turn the tables and result in Qualcomm be the one with the less-powerful processor.
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Famed Samsung leaker, Ice Universe, believes this new processor will be unveiled this year and may appear in the Galaxy Z Fold 3 but we will take that with a pinch of salt. We don’t expect the chipset to arrive until next year and should make its debut inside the Galaxy S22 series. We believe this year’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 will most likely feature a Snapdragon processor in all regions just like its predecessors.
As I said, Exynos2100 is just the beginning. It is almost certain that Samsung will release a new processor with AMD GPU this year and may use it for the Galaxy Z Fold3. pic.twitter.com/J3GIRoBSBA
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) January 12, 2021
So if you don’t mind the long wait, you may want to skip this year’s Galaxy S21 series. Nevertheless, the Exynos 2100 should be able to handle any mobile game you throw at it though not as great as its rivals the Kirin 9000 and the Snapdragon 888.
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