Samsung has debuted a new octa-core chip. Dubbed the Exynos 5420, the processor is built around four ARM Cortex-A15 processor cores and four lower-power Cortex-A7 cores used for tasks that don’t require huge amounts of CPU horsepower.
As previously discussed on TG Daily, ARM’s load-balancing big.LITTLE architecture is designed to help extend the battery life of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.
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The latest iteration of the Exynos chip also features ARM Mali graphics instead of Imagination’s PowerVR graphics. Meaning, users should notice a 20 percent increase in terms of performance, along with twice the 3D graphics performance of the Exynos 5410.
A breakdown of key specs include:
- 4 ARM Cortex-A15 cores with clock speeds up to 1.8 GHz
- 4 ARM Cortex-A7 cores with clock speeds up to 1.3 GHz
- ARM Mali-T628 MP6 6-core graphics
- 2 x 32-bit LPDDR3-1866 memory
Additional information about Samsung’s latest mobile chip can be found here on Anandtech.