Samsung has revealed its new mobile processor, the Exynos 2200. This new premium processor, which you can expect to be powering upcoming Samsung devices, has one cool new feature, a new GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture.
The GPU, called, Xclipse, that’s part of the Exynos 2200 will see the first time a console-level graphics processor available on mobile.
The RDNA 2 architecture not only is the basis of AMD’s current PC graphics card, but it’s also the same type of graphics that’s powering the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.
As such, the Xclipse GPU is able to do advanced graphics features including hardware accelerated ray-tracing, variable rate shading (VRS), previously only available on gaming consoles and PCs.
The Exynos 2200 processor itself is an Arm-based chip with octa-core (8-cores) CPUs made up of one Arm Cortex-X2 flagship core, three Cortex-A710 big-cores (balanced for performance and efficiency) and four Cortex-A510 little-cores (efficient cores).
Also, the Exynos 2200 also supports 4G LTE and 5G, and includes an upgrade neural processing unit (NPU) for AI-related tasks. Its image signal processor (ISP) can support up to 200 MP for images, and is able to handle 4K HDR or 8K recording.
Smartphones have been getting more and more powerful in terms of graphics performance over the years, and seeing phones (albeit in the more-expensive flagships ones for now) being able to harness the same graphics features as seen in more traditional games platforms should open the door for better graphics on phones and other mobile devices.
The Exynos 2200 is currently in mass production, so sooner or later we’ll hear about a device powered by this new chip.