News & Reviews:   Samsung Exynos 5 Octa

Samsung previously reported about their upcoming Evolved Exynos 5 Octa chipset and now are releasing all the details. Codenamed as the Exynos 5420 the chip uses a new six-core ARM Mali T628 MP6 core that (according to Samsung)  provides 2x graphics boost compared to the previous Exynos 5 Octa chipset. The main processor runs a Quad-core of 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A15 processors linked up with 4 1.3GHz ARM Cortex A7 processors in a big.LITTLE configuration. This delivers 20% more processing power than the previous chipset. 

Samsung has recently announced an improved version of their Exynos 5 Octa chipset. While the Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 already has the earlier version of the Exynos 5 Octa chipset it's performance has been overshadowed by the Snapdragon 800 from Qualcomm. Rumours indicate that the enhanced version of the Exynos 5 Octa chipset may be called Exynos Evolved  with the teaser from Samsung indicating that it will be "a more powerful, enhanced Exynos 5 Octa".