The Galaxy S24 series will again adopt the dual platform strategy of the past. Europe and Southeast Asia will receive the Exynos 2400 variants while the rest of the regions will get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powered variant.
After deciding to launch the S23 FE with the Exynos 2200, Samsung is planning to push their high-end Exynos chips to the market with the Galaxy S24 Series as Samsung has big plans regarding Exynos going forward.
The South Korean company usually adopts a dual-platform strategy for different regions, but the S23 series was an exception as it featured Qualcomm chips across the board. US IT media Notebookcheck stated, and I quote, “The era of Qualcomm’s exclusive use of the Galaxy S series AP will not last long.”
While Samsung is working on a separate AP solution for its Galaxy lineup of devices, the exclusive chip won’t be ready before 2025. For now, Samsung will return to the previous dual-platform strategy, reintroducing Exynos to the Galaxy S series.
Exynos 2400
10 Core configuration (1+2+3+4)
- 1x Cortex X4
- 2x Cortex A720 (High) + 3x A720 (low)
- 4x Cortex A520
The Exynos 2400 is going to have a 10-core configuration as opposed to 8 we see in current smartphone chips. There are rumors suggesting that the Exynos 2400 has more than enough horsepower to help it compete with its Snapdragon counterpart. But power consumption and battery life has been a matter of concern for Exynos since the beginning. Thankfully, Samsung is trying to bring bigger batteries to the S24 Series with the stacked battery technology.
Especially after the S23 series proving it’s power efficiency with the 8 Gen 2 chip, the battery life of the Exynos variants of the S24 Series become
According to the tipster @Tech_Reve, the Exynos 2400 appears to be significantly inferior to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in terms of AI performance, which is 44 Tops compared to the 60 Tops of the 8 Gen 3. As AI has now become a part of the camera system, it will be interesting to see if it brings any difference in the cameras of the S24 Ultra in different regions.
However, the overall experience is more about the power efficiency and performance tuning than just the number achieving capabilities. The whole experience depends a lot on how the different core clusters are utilized to attain the computation needed all while consuming least power. Significant in context, Samsung is reportedly tweaking the core cluster utilization to increase the efficiency.
Exynos or Snapdragon?
Samsung wants to push Exynos to at least certain regions, like they used to do in the past. Executive Vice President of System LSI said, “We are pushing for the return of Exynos to the flagship of the Galaxy series.”
Regarding the development of the high-end Exynos chip with no user base outside Samsung, we can pretty much confirm that there will be S24 Series devices containing an Exynos chip inside.
Our thoughts
Every high-end Exynos chip form the past couple of years has a track record of high hype before launch and disappointment afterward. The Exynos variants lag quite a bit behind their Snapdragon counterparts. So, one should take the claims about the improvement with a pinch of salt, considering their track record.
