Samsung Exynos 1080 Octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 5G SoC includes Mali-G78 GPU

Arm Cortex-A78 CPU core and Mali-G78 GPU were announced in March 2020, and yesterday we covered the first Cortex-A78 processor with MediaTek MT8195 that should feature a Mali-G57 GPU.

But today, Samsung has announced the first SoC to combine both Cortex-A78 cores with Mali-G78 GPU. Exynos 1080 octa-core processor also includes a 5G NR modem, supports for LPDDR5 memory, UFS 3.1 storage, and manufactured with a 5nm process.

Samsung Exynos 1080 key features and specifications:

CPU
- Single-core Cortex-A78 @ 2.8 GHz
- Triple-core Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz
- Quad-core Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz
GPU – Mali-G78 MP10
AI Accelerators – Neural processing unit (NPU) and Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
Memory – LPDDR5 / LPDDR4x
Storage – UFS v3.1
Display – WQHD+ @ 90Hz; FHD+ @ 144Hz; HDR10+
Camera – Single-camera Up to 200MP, dual-camera 32MP+32MP
Video – 4K 60fps encoding and decoding with HEVC(H.265)/H.264/VP8/VP9 (10-bit only with HEVC & VP9)
Connectivity
- Cellular Modem
  - 5G NR Sub-6GHz 5.1Gbps (DL) / 1.28Gbps (UL)
  - 5G NR mmWave 3.67Gbps (DL) / 3.67Gbps (UL)
  - LTE Cat.18 6CA 1.2Gbps (DL) / Cat.18 2CA 200Mbps (UL)
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth 5.2
- FM Radio
- GNSS – GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
Process – 5nm EUV-based FinFET

According to a report by XDA developers, Samsung claims that the new SoC delivers a 50% increase in single-core performance and a 100% improvement for multi-core performance compared to the Exynos 990, while the GPU is expected to be 2.3 times faster.

The first smartphones based on Exynos 1080 are expected in H1 2021 from companies like Vivo, Xiaomi or/and OPPO. More details may be found on the product page.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

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