After months of speculation, Samsung introduced the most significant addition to the Exynos family of processors. The company has announced a new, 64-bit Exynos 8890 processor, previously also known as Exynos M1, Mongoose or Exynos 8 Octa. And if you've been following mobile tech news for the past few months, then you've probably guessed that the Exynos 8890 is what makes it Galaxy S7 the most powerful smartphone on the market.
That is, Samsung decided to design its own cores, while until now it used the existing Cortex cores. The new cores use the 64-bit ARMv8 architecture and are manufactured using the 14-nm FinFET process, much like the older Exynos 7420 chips or the chips it makes for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The Exynos 8890 processor contains four custom cores and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, which balances performance and consumption. The processor thus offers a 30% increase in performance compared to the processor v Galaxy S6 edge+ and at the same time is 10% more economical. A bonus is the LTE Cat 12/13 support, thanks to which it offers a maximum download speed of up to 600Mbps and 150Mbps upload. In addition, the processor includes a 12-core Mali-T880 MP12 graphics card.
*Source: SamMobile
