Samsung Galaxy S7 variants will have the Exynos 8890 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820.
Samsung rumors are circulating that two chipset will be used for the two variants of the S7. It is believed to be their very own Exynos 8890 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820. A leaked information states that the 820 has a single core score near Apple's A9 score, when it went through GeekBench.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 with the Snapdragon 820 have a score of 2456, while Apple's iPhone 6S Plus gained 2495 in the single score testing. This was first spotted on a Chinese social media website Weebo that reportedly posted the GeekBench result for the chipset. The said chipset also gained a 5,423 score in the multicore performance, Sam Mobile reported.
Samsung Galaxy S7 rumored chipset is made up of four Kryo CPU cores clocking 1.6 to 1.7 GHz and 2.2 GHz for each two cores and is fully optimized for Samsung. Now many are unenthusiastic with this chipset because of the overheating issue that its predecessor had suffered, the 810. However, it is rumored that the Korean tech giant is set to create a liquid cooling system for the phone.
On the other hand, Samsung's homegrown Exynos 8890 achieved a score of 2,294 points for the single core test and an amazing 6,908 points with the multi-core. With these scores, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Exynos variant will definitely be a powerful Galaxy smartphone. The iPhone 6S Plus was able to achieve 4,351 points on the multicore test, Tech Times reported.
Many are looking forward to the release of the next flagship phone of Samsung, which is also said to be vying for a much earlier release compared to the previous models.
Samsung Galaxy S7 variants are targeting Feb. 21 launch date. It is also believed that the S7 will basically be an S6 on the outside, with different internals. Samsung has provided no information yet with regards to the Samsung Galaxy S7.
