Samsung’s latest flagship processor is the Exynos 2100 chipset and it offers significant upgrades over the Exynos 990 from last year. However, even with the new upgrades, the processor doesn’t measure up to its competitors in terms of GPU performance. Samsung knows this already which is why it revealed during the launch of the chipset that its next processor will feature GPU co-developed with AMD. Now, we have a time frame for when the GPU will be announced.
According to the popular leaker, Ice Universe, the Samsung + AMD GPUs (not one) will be announced in the second quarter or third quarter of this year. He also adds that these GPUs will be used in the next Exynos 2*** and Exynos 1*** processors which means Samsung may change the release date of the new chipsets.
We will see Samsung release Samsung × AMD GPUs in the second or third quarter of 2021, which will be used in the next Exynos 2xxx and next Exynos 1xxx processors, Samsung may change the release time of the new processors.
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) January 24, 2021
If Samsung is announcing the GPU as early as the middle of the year, then the Exynos 1080 and Exynos 2100 will get successors earlier than usual. The Exynos 1080 is Samsung’s other 5nm chipset and it too packs a punch but falls short in GPU performance. Also, if the chipsets are announced early, there is a chance that we may even see them ship before the year ends.
A lot of folks are anticipating the next-gen Exynos processors and we hope Samsung doesn’t disappoint. Samsung’s new GPU will not only have to be better than the one inside the Exynos 1080 and Exynos 2100 but also surpass the Adreno 660 GPU inside the Snapdragon 888.
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