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Samsung Exynos 9825 flagship chipset revealed ahead of Galaxy Note 10 launch

The Exynos 9825 is essentially Samsung's equivalent of a Snapdragon 855 Plus, offering marginal upgrades over the base SoC.
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Published onAugust 7, 2019

Samsung’s Exynos chipsets are one of its main strengths in the mobile space, giving the Korean company greater control over the hardware in its all-conquering smartphones. Now, the firm has announced a new flagship chipset (h/t: r/android), dubbed the Exynos 9825.

As the name suggests, the Exynos 9825 has plenty in common with the Exynos 9820 seen in the Galaxy S10 series. That means an octa-core CPU design featuring two custom Mongoose cores, two Cortex-A75 cores, and four Cortex-A55 cores.

Other shared features include the Mali-G76 MP12 GPU, an NPU for machine learning tasks, Cat-20 LTE-A Pro connectivity, LPDDR4X support, UFS 3.0 storage compatibility, and 8K video recording.

Exynos 9825Exynos 9820
CPU
Exynos 9825
Octa-core
2x Mongoose
2x Cortex-A75
4x Cortex-A55
Exynos 9820
Octa-core
2x Mongoose
2x Cortex-A75
4x Cortex-A55
GPU
Exynos 9825
Mali-G76 MP12
Exynos 9820
Mali-G76 MP12
AI
Exynos 9825
NPU
Exynos 9820
NPU
Camera
Exynos 9825
16 + 16MP dual
or 22MP single
22MP front camera
8K/30fps recording
Exynos 9820
16 + 16MP dual
or 22MP single
22MP front camera
8K/30fps recording
Display
Exynos 9825
3840x2400 or 4096x2160
Exynos 9820
3840x2400 or 4096x2160
Connectivity
Exynos 9825
Cat-20 LTE
Up to 2Gbps downlink
Exynos 9820
Cat-20 LTE
Up to 2Gbps downlink
Manufacturing process
Exynos 9825
7nm EUV
Exynos 9820
8nm LPP FinFET

There is one major difference between the Exynos 9825 and the older processor though, and that’s the manufacturing process. The new chipset is built on a 7nm EUV process, compared to the older SoC’s 8nm LPP finFET process.

A smaller manufacturing process generally results in better battery life, but EUV is also the foundation for future manufacturing processes. So the Exynos 9825 serves as a key product for Samsung’s chipset roadmap. Samsung also notes that the two Cortex-A75 cores in the new chipset offer higher clock speeds — we can therefore expect minor performance gains too.

Samsung’s reveal also comes a few hours before the company officially launches the Galaxy Note 10 series. The company traditionally uses Snapdragon chipsets for its flagship phones in the U.S. and several other markets, but uses Exynos processors for global variants.

We’ll have to wait and see if the firm offers the Exynos 9825 in one of the Galaxy Note 10 models. But if the company is using the Snapdragon 855 Plus (which is itself a minor upgrade over the Snapdragon 855), then it makes sense if the Exynos 9825 is used too.

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