Whether you like it or not, we have now entered the era of 5G and in this sense even smartphone processors are adapting, not only top of the range but also starting from the medium-low range of the market. At the moment, major mobile phone OEMs are using SoCs from MediaTek and Qualcomm for their smartphones with 5G connectivity, but given the growing demand, this may soon change.
In fact, Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, OPPO and VIVO are evaluating the use of Exynos chipsets, thus drawing on the resources of rival Samsung. A solution that would not affect the performance of future smartphones, because Samsung has been able to demonstrate that its Exynos processors are able to rival in terms of power, functionality and performance with the most famous Qualcomm as well as the solutions offered by Huawei, now however in crisis because of the band by the American government.
VIVO and OPPO will mount 2021G Exynos by Samsung CPUs for 5
A first step towards the profitable collaboration with Samsung, VIVO had taken last year, launching in collaboration with the Korean company, its own 5G SoC for the Chinese market, or the Exynos 980, inserted inside the VIVO G1 5G. Collaboration that continues given the excellent results, in fact on November 12th Samsung will launch the new Exynos 1080, a processor that should debut on a VIVO smartphone.
The Exynos 1080 is based on a 5nm production process with an octa-core structure consisting of 4 Cortex-A78 cores and 4 Cortex-A55 cores. The matched GPU is the Mali-G78 while if we talk about performance, a first AnTuTu benchmark revealed a score of 693600 points, thus exceeding the performance of the current Snapdragon 865 and 865 Plus. In short, a real monster to tame.
According to the latest news, Samsung's LSI division plans to supply Exynos processors to companies such as Xiaomi, OPPO and VIVO from 2021, starting from the latest creation Exynos 1080 but also the top of the range Exynos 2100 should enter the list of future devices of rival brands. Let's just hope that this will lead to a reduction in costs, which are still too prohibitive.
