Samsung flagship chip exposure: performance crushes Snapdragon 888

On June 29, a netizen exposed the running score data of Samsung's next-generation flagship chip Exynos 2200: The GPU of this chip has a Wild Life test score of 8134 on the 3D Mark. In contrast, Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 888 has a running score of around 5900. This chip's running score leads Snapdragon 888 by as much as 40%, which is at the crushing level.

According to Qualcomm's own plan, the GPU of the Snapdragon 895 has not increased by as much as 40% compared to the Snapdragon 888, which means that in the comparison of the next-generation SoC-side GPU, the Snapdragon 895 is likely to lag behind Exynos. 2200. In addition, the CPU of Exynos 2200 will also usher in a significant upgrade. It will use the latest generation of three-cluster architecture, equipped with a Cortex-X1 super core, 3 Cortex-A78 cores, 4 Cortex-A55 small cores, and the final CPU performance may be much stronger than before.

Although Samsung Exynos 2200's running score data is very strong, consumers are more concerned about a comprehensive presentation effect of SoC, especially heat-related performance. Qualcomm Xiaolong 888 is produced by Samsung, and its power consumption performance is not as good as expected.

Many manufacturers will set frequency reductions when the mobile phone is overheated. Our national standard also stipulates that the temperature of 3C products that touch the skin needs to be strictly controlled if the temperature exceeds 45 degrees to avoid low-temperature burns caused by long-term contact. After overheating and frequency reduction, the chip will not be able to perform all the performance, no matter how high the running score data is, it is meaningless. Therefore, if Samsung wants to build a truly high-end flagship chip, it is not enough to exert its strength in design alone, and it has to show its true ability at the manufacturing level.

Apple, Samsung, and Huawei are some of the few mobile phone manufacturers with self-developed SoCs. Self-developed chips have many advantages. At the beginning of the design, the chips can be designed according to the needs of their own software, and the software can also be written according to the performance of the chip so that better software and hardware collaboration can be achieved. If you have the capability of self-developed chips, you can plan your own products earlier and decide the release time of flagship products more freely, without having to specifically grab the first launch of Qualcomm chips.

At present, my country is actively promoting the development of the entire domestic chip industry. Xiao Lei is looking forward to seeing more self-developed chip products from domestic manufacturers in a few years.