News & Reviews:   Exynos 1080

In recent years, Exynos chipsets have generally been considered inferior to its Snapdragon counterparts. But it looks like Samsung will finally be able to turn things around. A new benchmark suggests that the Exynos 1080 chipset can perform as well as the Snapdragon 865 chipset.

Last month, the Exynos 1080 chipset appearing more than a few times in rumours. That led to many believing that Samsung would be launching it soon and that does seem to be the case. The company has officially confirmed that a launch will happen on 12 November 2020.

In the past month or so, several rumours about the latest Exynos chipsets from Samsung have been surfacing. A piece of news we covered recently mentioned the Exynos 1080 chipset beating current flagship chipsets in AnTuTu. Now, Samsung has allegedly confirmed that some details of this mid-range chipset.

Rumours of new Samsung Exynos chipsets have been around for some time and so far we know that there are two new models on the way. The Exynos 1080 is one of it and could be featured first in the vivo X60. Now, the chipset was found in a benchmark for a new phone on AnTuTu.

Earlier, it was rumoured that Samsung's upcoming 5nm chipset will be named Exynos 2100 instead of 1000. The chipset is supposed to be the successor of Exynos 990 that powers the Galaxy S20 series and Galaxy Note 20 series. Now, it is reported that the company is bringing another 5nm chipset and it's named Exynos 1080. The chipset will be the successor of Exynos 980.