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Exynos

The Samsung Exynos (stylized as SΛMSUNG Exynos),[1] formerly Hummingbird (Korean: 엑시노스), is a series of Arm-based system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by Samsung Foundry. It is a continuation of Samsung's earlier S3C, S5L and S5P line of SoCs.

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An Exynos 4 Quad (4412), on the circuit board of a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone

The first debut of Samsung's indigenously developed SoC is Samsung Hummingbird (S5PC110/111), later renamed as Exynos 3 Single 3110. Samsung announce it on July 27, 2009. In 2011, Samsung announced Exynos 4 Dual 4210 that was later equipped on Samsung Galaxy S II. Since then, Samsung has used Exynos as a representative brand name of their SoC, based on Arm Cortex cores. In 2017, Samsung launched their proprietary Arm ISA-based customized core designs, codenamed "Exynos M". Exynos M series core made a debut with Exynos M1 nicknamed "Mongoose", which was used for Exynos 8 Octa 8890. The Exynos M-series have been implemented throughout the flagship lineup of Samsung Exynos 9 series, until Exynos 990. From 2021 onwards, Exynos M6 and M7 microarchitecture developments have been cancelled and instead Samsung adopts Arm Cortex-X core series as the primary core.[2]

In 2022, Samsung started adoption of AMD RDNA GPU microarchitecture into their SoC, beginning on Exynos 2200 with Xclipse 920, which used customized "mobile RDNA" based on RDNA 2. In 2024, Samsung expanded AMD RDNA 3-based GPU into their midrange chips, since Exynos 1480 (Xclipse 530).

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See also: List of Samsung system on chips

2010–2016: Pre-Mongoose Era

In 2010, Samsung launched the Hummingbird S5PC110 (now Exynos 3 Single) in its Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, which featured a licensed Arm Cortex-A8 CPU.[3] This Arm Cortex-A8 was code-named Hummingbird. It was developed in partnership with Intrinsity using their FastCore and Fast14 technology.[4]

In early 2011, Samsung first launched the Exynos 4210 SoC in its Samsung Galaxy S II mobile smartphone. The driver code for the Exynos 4210 was made available in the Linux kernel[5] and support was added in version 3.2 in November 2011.[6][7]

On 29 September 2011, Samsung introduced Exynos 4212[8] as a successor to the 4210; it features a higher clock frequency and "50 percent higher 3D graphics performance over the previous processor generation".[9] Built with a 32 nm high-κ metal gate (HKMG) low-power process; it promises a "30 percent lower power-level over the previous process generation".

On 30 November 2011, Samsung released information about their upcoming SoC with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU, which was initially named "Exynos 5250" and was later renamed to Exynos 5 Dual. This SoC has a memory interface providing 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, support for USB 3.0 and SATA 3, can decode full 1080p video at 60 fps along with simultaneously displaying WQXGA-resolution (2560 × 1600) on a mobile display as well as 1080p over HDMI.[10] This SoC was used in some Chromebooks from 2013. Samsung Exynos 5 Dual has been used in a 2015 prototype supercomputer,[11] while the end-product will use a chip meant for servers from another vendor.

On 26 April 2012, Samsung released the Exynos 4 Quad, which powers the Samsung Galaxy S III and Samsung Galaxy Note II.[12] The Exynos 4 Quad SoC uses 20% less power than the SoC in Samsung Galaxy S II. Samsung also changed the name of several SoCs, Exynos 3110 to Exynos 3 Single, Exynos 4210 and 4212 to Exynos 4 Dual 45 nm,[13] and Exynos 4 Dual 32 nm[14] and Exynos 5250 to Exynos 5 Dual.

On 2010 Samsung founded a design center in Austin called Samsung's Austin R&D Center (SARC). Samsung has hired many ex-AMD, ex-Intel, ex-ARM and various other industry veterans.[15] The SARC develop high-performance, low-power, complex CPU and System IP (Coherent Interconnect and memory controller) architectures and designs.[16] In 2012, Samsung began development of GPU IP called "S-GPU".[17]

2016–2020: Mongoose Era

After a three-year design cycle, SARC's first custom CPU core called the M1 was released in the Exynos 8890 in 2016.[18] In 2017 the San Jose Advanced Computing Lab (ACL) was opened to continue custom GPU IP development.[15] In the same year, Samsung announced Exynos M2, a minor revision of Exynos M1.

In Hot Chips 2018, Samsung announced a new custom core named Exynos M3, codenamed Meerkat. M3 has widened decoder width from 4-wide to 6-wide, and introduced L3 cache structure. Also, it achieved over 50% IPC increase versus Exynos M1 and M2.[19] SPEC2006 benchmark result showed that it has performance advantage comparing with counterparts of Snapdragon 845 (Cortex-A75) at their respective peak clock speed, and by lowering the clock speed to 1.79 GHz it matched the power efficiency versus Cortex-A75 of Snapdragon 845. However, Samsung Galaxy S9 with Exynos 9810 was criticized in early period of their release due to the poor CPU core scheduler settings.[20]

In 2019, Samsung revealed Exynos 9820 with fourth-generation custom core named Exynos M4 (Cheetah). It has been manufactured on Samsung 8nm LPP process. Unlike the past flagship Exynos series with 4+4 dual-cluster settings, Exynos 9820 implemented 2+2+4 core cluster configurations. Benchmark result presented that Exynos 9820 had performance parity but worse efficiency over Snapdragon 855.[21] Later, Samsung announced Exynos 9825, a revised SoC manufactured on their first 7nm manufacturing process named 7LPE.[22] Exynos 9825 came equipped with Samsung Galaxy Note10 series and Samsung Galaxy F62/M62.

In 2020, Samsung released last Mongoose-based SoC, named Exynos 990. Exynos 990 came with their fifth-generation custom core (Exynos M5) codenamed Lion. However, M5 showed less performance and worst power efficiency against Cortex-A77 of Snapdragon 865.[23][24]

On 1 October 2019, rumors emerged that Samsung had laid off their custom CPU core teams at SARC.[25][26][27] On 1 November 2019, Samsung filed a WARN letter with the Texas Workforce Commission, notifying of upcoming layoffs of their SARC CPU team and termination of their custom CPU core development.[28] SARC and ACL will still continue development of custom SoC, AI, and GPU.[29]

2021–present: Cortex and RDNA Era

On 3 June 2019, AMD and Samsung announced a multi-year strategic partnership in mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon GPU IP.[30][17] NotebookCheck reported that Samsung are targeting 2021 for their first SoC with AMD Radeon GPU IP.[31] However, AnandTech reported 2022.[32] In August 2019, during AMD's Q2 2019 earnings call, AMD stated that Samsung plans to launch SoCs with AMD graphics IP in roughly two years.[33] The first SoC to use Radeon GPU were Exynos 2200, introduced in January 2022, with a custom Xclipse 920 based on AMD's RDNA 2 microarchitecture.[34]

In June 2021, Samsung hired engineers from AMD and Apple to form a new custom architecture team.[35]

In October 2021, Google released their Pixel 6 series of phones based on Google's Tensor SoC, which was made in collaboration with Samsung.[36]

In 2024, Samsung officially announced Exynos 2400, with RDNA 3 microarchitecture-based Xclipse 940.[37] In the same year, along with Exynos 2400, Samsung released Exynos 1480, with RDNA 3 based Xclipse 530, marking the end of Arm Mali GPU era in their mid-range processors.[38]

Current Exynos SoCs (2020–present)

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Starting in 2020 Samsung introduced a new series of Exynos SoCs with lower numbers than in the past. This indicates a cut between the past Exynos SoCs at least in naming.

Exynos 800 series

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Devices using
Model number Fab. Die size (mm2) ISA μarch μarch Frequency (MHz) Performance GFLOPS (FP32) Type Bus width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s)
Exynos 850 (S5E3830)[39] 8 nm (Samsung 8LPP) ARMv8.2-A 8 cores 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 Mali-G52 MP1 1001 36 LPDDR4X 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel 1866 MHz (14.9 GB/s) —
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  • Shannon 318 LTE Cat.7 2CA 300 Mbit/s (DL) / Cat.13 2CA 150 Mbit/s (UL)
Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 5 Q2 2020
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Exynos 880 (S5E8805)[40] 2 + 6 cores (2.0 GHz Cortex-A77 + 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G76 MP5 546 131 2133 MHz (17.1 GB/s) NPU
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  • Shannon 5G LTE DL: Cat.16 1000 Mbit/s, 5CA, 256-QAM UL: Cat.18 200 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 2.55 Gbit/s UL: 1.28 Gbit/s
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    • Vivo Y51s
    • Vivo Y70s
    • Vivo Y70t
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Exynos 900 series

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Devices using
Model number Fab. Die size (mm2) ISA μarch μarch Frequency (MHz) Performance GFLOPS (FP32) Type Bus width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s)
Exynos 980 (S5E9630)[41] 8 nm (Samsung 8LPP) ARMv8.2-A 2 + 6 cores (2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 + 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G76 MP5 728 174.7 LPDDR4X 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel 2133 MHz (17.1 GB/s) Single core NPU + DSP
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  • Shannon 5188 5G LTE DL: Cat.16 1000 Mbit/s, 5CA, 256-QAM UL: Cat.18 200 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 2.55 Gbit/s UL: 1.28 Gbit/s
Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Q4 2019
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Exynos 990 (S5E9830)[42] 7 nm (Samsung 7LPP) 91.83[43] 2 + 2 + 4 cores (3.02 GHz Exynos M5 "Lion" + 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2.11 GHz Cortex-A55)[44]

2 MB System Cache

 Mali-G77 MP11 832 585.7 LPDDR5 64-bit (4×16-bit) Quad-channel 2750 MHz (44 GB/s) Dual-core NPU + DSP
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  • Paired with Exynos Modem 5123 LTE DL: Cat.24 3000 Mbit/s, 8CA, 1024-QAM UL: Cat.22 422 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 5.1 Gbit/s UL: ?Gbps 5G NR mmWave DL: 7.35 Gbit/s UL: ?Gbps
Q1 2020
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Exynos 1000 series

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Devices using
Model number Fab. Die size (mm2) ISA μarch μarch Frequency (MHz) Performance GFLOPS (FP32) Type Bus width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s)
Exynos 1080 (S5E9815)[45] 5 nm (Samsung 5LPE) ARMv8.2-A 1 + 3 + 4 cores (2.8 GHz Cortex-A78 + 2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 + 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G78 MP10 800 512 LPDDR4X
LPDDR5		 64-bit (4×16-bit) Quad-channel 2133 MHz (34.1 GB/s)

2750 MHz (44 GB/s)		 NPU + DSP
(5.7 TOPs)
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  • Shannon 5G
    LTE DL: Cat.18 1200 Mbit/s, 6CA, 256-QAM UL: Cat.18 200 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 5.1 Gbit/s UL: 1.28 Gbit/s 5G NR mmWave DL: 3.67 Gbit/s UL: 3.67 Gbit/s
Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Q4 2020
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    • Vivo S15e
    • Vivo S16e
    • Vivo X60 (China-only model)
    • Vivo X60 Pro (China-only model)
    • Vivo X60 Edge
    • Vivo X70t
    • Vivo X70 Pro (China)
Exynos 1280 (S5E8825)[46] 2 + 6 cores (2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 + 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G68 MP4 897 229.6 LPDDR4X 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel 2133 MHz (17.1 GB/s) Single-core NPU 1196 MHz
(4.3 TOPs)
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  • Shannon 5308 5G
    LTE DL: Cat.18 1.2 Gbit/s, 6CA, 256-QAM UL: Cat.18 200 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 2.55 Gbit/s UL: 1.28 Gbit/s 5G NR mmWave DL: 1.84 Gbit/s UL: 0.92 Gbit/s
Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 5, GNSS Q1 2022
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Exynos 1330 (S5E8535)[47] Mali-G68 MP2 949 121.5 LPDDR4X
LPDDR5		 2133 MHz (17.1 GB/s)

3200 MHz (25.6 GB/s)		 Un­known
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  • Shannon 5308
    5G NR Sub-6 GHz 2.55 Gbps (DL) / 1.28 Gbps (UL)
    LTE Cat.18 6CC (DL) / Cat.18 2CC (UL)
Q1 2023
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Exynos 1380 (S5E8835)[48] 4 + 4 cores (2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 + 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G68 MP5 303.7 Single-core NPU 1196 MHz
(4.9 TOPs)
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  • Shannon 5318
    5G NR Sub-6 GHz 3.79 Gbps (DL) / 1.28 Gbps (UL)
    5G NR mmWave 3.67 Gbps (DL) / 0.92 Gbps (UL)
    LTE Cat.18 1.2 Gbps (DL) / Cat.18 211 Mbps (UL)
Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6, GNSS Q1 2023
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Exynos 1480 (S5E8845)[49] 4 nm (Samsung 4LPP) 4 + 4 cores (2.75 GHz Cortex-A78 + 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) Xclipse 530 "Titan" (RDNA 2 based
128:8:8:2
1 WGP)[a]		 1300 332.8 6K MAC, Single-core NPU 1066 MHz
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  • Shannon 5328
    5G NR Sub-6 GHz 5.10 Gbps (DL) / 1.28 Gbps (UL)
    5G NR mmWave 4.84 Gbps (DL) / 0.92 Gbps (UL)
    LTE Cat.18 1.2 Gbps (DL) / Cat.18 211 Mbps (UL)
Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6E, GNSS Q1 2024
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Exynos 1580 (S5E8855)[50] 4 nm (Samsung 4LPP+) ARMv9.2-A 1 + 3 + 4 cores (2.9 GHz Cortex-A720 + 2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 + 1.95 GHz Cortex-A520) Xclipse 540 "Ariel" (RDNA 3 based
256:16:16:4
2 WGP)[a]		 1300 1,331.2 LPDDR5 3200 MHz (25.6 GB/s) 6K MAC, Single-core NPU 1066 MHz
(14.7 TOPs)
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  • Shannon 5328
    5G NR Sub-6GHz 5.1 Gbps (DL), 1.28 Gbps (UL) / 5G NR mmWave 4.84 Gbps (DL), 0.92 Gbps (UL) / LTE Cat.18 6CC 1.2 Gbps (DL), Cat.18 2CC 211 Mbps (UL)
Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 6E, GNSS Q4 2024
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Exynos 2000 series

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Devices using
Model number Fab. Die size (mm2) ISA μarch μarch Frequency (MHz) Performance GFLOPS (FP32) Type Bus width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s)
Exynos 2100 (S5E9840)[51] 5 nm (Samsung 5LPE) 128.1[52] ARMv8.2-A 1 + 3 + 4 cores (2.91 GHz Cortex-X1 + 2.81 GHz Cortex-A78 + 2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G78 MP14 854 765.2[53] LPDDR5 64-bit (4×16-bit) Quad-channel 3200 MHz (51.2 GB/s) 6K MAC
Triple NPU + DSP

(26 TOPs)
1352 MHz
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  • Exynos Modem 5123 LTE DL: Cat.24 3000 Mbit/s, 8CA, 1024-QAM UL: Cat.18 422 Mbit/s, 4CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 5.1 Gbit/s UL: 1.92 Gbit/s 5G NR mmWave DL: 7.35 Gbit/s UL: 3.67 Gbit/s
Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 6 Q1 2021
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Exynos 2200 (S5E9925)[54] 4 nm (Samsung 4LPE) 104.7[52] ARMv9.0-A 1 + 3 + 4 cores (2.95 GHz Cortex-X2 + 2.70 GHz Cortex-A710 + 2.10 GHz Cortex-A510)[55] Xclipse 920 "Voyager"
(RDNA 2 based
384:24:24:6
3 WGP[56])[a]		 1306 1,003[53] 8K MAC
Dual NPU + DSP
1066 MHz
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  • Shannon 5133 LTE DL: Cat.24 3000 Mbit/s, 8CA, 1024-QAM UL: Cat.22 422 Mbit/s, 4CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 5.1 Gbit/s UL: 2.55 Gbit/s 5G NR mmWave DL: 7.35 Gbit/s UL: 3.67 Gbit/s
Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6E Q1 2022
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Exynos 2400/2400e (S5E9945)[57][58] 4 nm (Samsung 4LPP+) 137.4[52] ARMv9.2-A 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 cores (3.1/3.2 GHz Cortex-X4 + 2.9 GHz Cortex-A720 + 2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 + 1.95 GHz Cortex-A520) Xclipse 940 "Magellan"
(RDNA 3 based
768:48:32:12
6 WGP)[a]		 1095 3,406.8[59] LPDDR5X 4266 MHz (68.2 GB/s) 17K MAC NPU (2x GNPU + 2x SNPU) + DSP
1300 MHz
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  • Shannon 5153 LTE DL: Cat.24 3000 Mbit/s, 8CA, 1024-QAM UL: Cat.22 422 Mbit/s, 4CA, 256-QAM 5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 9.64 Gbit/s UL: 2.55 Gbit/s 5G NR mmWave DL: 12.1 Gbit/s UL: 3.67 Gbit/s
Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6E Q1 2024
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Past Exynos SoCs (2010–2019)

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Devices using
Model number Fab. Die size
(mm2)		 ISA μarch μarch Frequency
(MHz)		 Performance
(GFLOPS)		 Type Bus width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s)
Exynos 3 Single 3110[60]
(previously Hummingbird S5PC110)		 45 nm (Samsung 45 nm HKMG) ARMv7 1 core
1.2 GHz Cortex-A8		 PowerVR SGX540 200 3.2[61] LPDDR, LPDDR2 or DDR2 64-bit (2×32-bit) Dual-channel 200 MHz (3.2 GB/s) — Q2 2010
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Exynos 3 Quad 3470[62] 28 nm (Samsung 28 nm HKMG) 4 cores 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7 Mali-400 MP4 450 16.2 LPDDR2 or
LPDDR3		 400 MHz (6.4 GB/s) or
533 MHz (8.5 GB/s)		 Q3 2014
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Exynos 3 Quad 3475 4 cores 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 Mali-T720 600 10.2 LPDDR3 533 MHz (8.5 GB/s) Q3 2015
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Exynos 4 Dual 4210[63][13] 45 nm (Samsung 45 nm HKMG) 2 cores 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 Mali-400 MP4 266 9.6 LPDDR2, DDR2 or DDR3 400 MHz (6.4 GB/s)[64][65][66][67] Q2 2011
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Exynos 4 Dual 4212[63][14] 32 nm (Samsung 32 nm HKMG) 2 cores 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 400[69] 14.4 Q1 2012
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Exynos 4 Quad 4412[71][66] 4 cores 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 400–533[72] 14.4–19.2 Q2 2012
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Exynos 4 Quad 4415[71][66] 28 nm (Samsung 28 nm HKMG) 4 cores 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 533[85] 19.2 Q3 2014[85]
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Exynos 5 Dual 5250[86][87] 32 nm (Samsung 32 nm HKMG) 2 cores 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 Mali-T604 MP4[88] 533 72.5 LPDDR2, LPDDR3 or DDR3 533 MHz (8.5 GB/s) or
800 MHz (12.8 GB/s)		 Q3 2012[86]
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Exynos 5 Hexa 5260[93][94] 28 nm (Samsung 28 nm HKMG) 2+4 cores (1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 + 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) Mali-T624 MP4 600 81.6 LPDDR3 800 MHz (12.8 GB/s) Q2 2014
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Exynos 5 Octa 5410[95][96][97][98] 4+4 cores (1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 + 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7) PowerVR SGX544 MP3 480–532[99] 49 Q2 2013
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Exynos 5 Octa 5420[103] 136.96 4+4 cores (1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 + 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) Mali-T628 MP6 533 108.7 LPDDR3e 933 MHz (14.9 GB/s) Q3 2013
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Exynos 5 Octa 5422[93][106] 4+4 cores (2.1 GHz Cortex-A15 + 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7) Q2 2014
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Exynos 5 Octa 5430[108][109] 20 nm (Samsung 20 nm HKMG) 110.18 4+4 cores (1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 + 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) 600 122.4 LPDDR3e/DDR3 1066 MHz (17.0 GB/s) Q3 2014
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Exynos 5 Octa 5800[111] 28 nm (Samsung 28 nm HKMG) 4+4 cores (2.0 GHz Cortex-A15 + 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7)  ?  ? LPDDR3/DDR3 933 MHz (14.9 GB/s) Q2 2014
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Exynos 7 Octa 5433[113][114][115] 20 nm (Samsung 20 nm HKMG) 113.42[116] ARMv8-A 4 + 4 cores (1.9 GHz Cortex-A57 + 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-T760 MP6 700 142.8 LPDDR3 825 MHz (13.2 GB/s)[113] Paired with Samsung M303/Intel XMM 7260 LTE Cat 6 (300Mbit/s) or Ericsson M7450 LTE Cat 4[117] Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Q4 2014
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Exynos 7 Octa 7420[118][119][120] 14 nm (Samsung 14LPE) 78.23[116] 4 + 4 cores (2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 + 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-T760 MP8 772 210 LPDDR4 1553 MHz (24.88 GB/s)[121] Paired with Shannon 333

LTE Cat 9 (450 Mbit/s)

 Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Q2 2015
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Exynos 7 Quad 7570[124][125][126] 14 nm (Samsung 14LPC) 4 cores 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 Mali-T720 MP1[127] 830 28.2 LPDDR3 32-bit Single-channel[128] 533 MHz (4.2 GB/sec) LTE Cat.4 2CA 150 Mbit/s (DL) /

50 Mbit/s (UL)

 Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n Q3 2016
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Exynos 7 Quad 7578 28 nm (Samsung 28 nm HKMG) 4 cores 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 Mali-T720 MP2 668 45.4 933 MHz (7.5 GB/sec) Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Q2 2015
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Exynos 7 Octa 7580[129][130] 8 cores 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 LTE Cat.6 2CA 300 Mbit/s (DL) /

50 Mbit/s (UL)
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Exynos 7 Octa 7870[132][133] 14 nm (Samsung 14LPP) Mali-T830 MP1[134] 700 23.8 Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Q1 2016
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Exynos 7880[139][140][141] 8 cores 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53 Mali-T830 MP3 950 96.9 LPDDR4 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel 1600 MHz (12.8 GB/sec) LTE Cat.7 3CA 300 Mbit/s (DL) /

2CA 100 Mbit/s (UL)

 Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Q1 2017
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Exynos 7872[142] 2 + 4 cores (2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-G71 MP1 1200 43.2 LPDDR3 32-bit Single-channel 933 MHz (7.5 GB/sec) LTE Cat.7 2CA 300 Mbit/s (DL) /

Cat.13 2CA 150 Mbit/s (UL)

 Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n Q1 2018 Meizu M6s
Exynos 7884A[143] 2 + 6 cores (1.35 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.35 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-G71 MP2 450 30.6 LPDDR4 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel 1866 MHz (14.9 GB/sec) LTE Cat.4 2CA 150 Mbit/s (DL) /

2CA 50 Mbit/s (UL)

 Q3 2018
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    • Samsung Galaxy J3 Achieve (2018) (J337P)
    • Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura (2018) (J337R4)
    • Samsung Galaxy J3 V 3rd Gen (2018) (J337V, J337VPP)
Exynos 7884[144] 2 + 6 cores (1.6 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.35 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS 676
845		 48.7
60.8		 Shannon 327 LTE Cat.12 3CA 600 Mbit/s (DL) /

Cat.13 2CA 150 Mbit/s (UL)

 Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Q2 2018
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  • * Samsung Galaxy A10e
    • Samsung Galaxy A10
    • Samsung Galaxy A20e
    • Samsung Galaxy A20
    • Samsung Galaxy J7 Aura (2018) (J737R4)
    • Samsung Galaxy J7 Crown (2018) (S767VL)
    • Samsung Galaxy J7 Refine (2018) (J737P)
    • Samsung Galaxy J7 V 2nd Gen (2018) (J737V, J737VPP)
    • Samsung Galaxy Jean2
    • Samsung Galaxy M10s
Exynos 7885[145][146] 2 + 6 cores (2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS 1100 79.2 Q1 2018
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Exynos 7904[147] 2 + 6 cores (1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS 770 55.4 Q1 2019
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    • Samsung Galaxy A30
    • Samsung Galaxy A30s
    • Samsung Galaxy A40
    • Samsung Galaxy M20
    • Samsung Galaxy M30/A40s
    • Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019)
    • Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020)
Exynos 8 Octa 8890

[148]

 4 + 4 cores (2.3 GHz, up to 2.6 GHz in dual-core load, Exynos M1 "Mongoose" + 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-T880 MP12 650 265.2 LPDDR4 64-bit (2×32-bit) Dual-channel 1794 MHz (28.7 GB/s)[149][150] Shannon 335 LTE

DL: LTE Cat 12 600 Mbit/s, 3CA
UL: LTE Cat 13 150 Mbit/s, 2CA

 Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Q1 2016
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4 + 4 cores (2.0 GHz Exynos M1 "Mongoose" + 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-T880 MP10 (Lite) 650 221 Meizu PRO 6 Plus (64 GB)
Exynos 8895

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 10 nm (Samsung 10LPE) 103.64[155] 4 + 4 cores (2.314 GHz Exynos M2 "Mongoose" + 1.69 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS Mali-G71 MP20 546[156] 393.1 LPDDR4X Shannon 355 LTE

DL: LTE Cat 16 1050 Mbit/s, 5CA, 256-QAM)
UL: LTE Cat 13 150 Mbit/s, 2CA, 64-QAM

 Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Q2 2017
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Exynos 9609[157] 4 + 4 cores (2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) Mali-G72 MP3 LPDDR4X 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel 1600 MHz (12.8 GB/sec) Shannon 337 LTE Cat.12 3CA 600 Mbit/s (DL) /

Cat.13 2CA 150 Mbit/s (UL)

 Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Q2 2019
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Exynos 9610[158] 4 + 4 cores (2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 + 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) 1053 113.7 Q4 2018 Samsung Galaxy A50
Exynos 9611[159] 850 91.8 Q3 2019
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    • Samsung Galaxy A50s
    • Samsung Galaxy A51
    • Samsung Galaxy F41
    • Samsung Galaxy M21
    • Samsung Galaxy M21s
    • Samsung Galaxy M30s
    • Samsung Galaxy M31
    • Samsung Galaxy M31s
    • Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
    • Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro
Exynos 9810 (S5E9810)[160][161] 10 nm (Samsung 10LPP) 118.94[162] ARMv8.2-A 4 + 4 cores (2.9 GHz Exynos M3 "Meerkat"[155] + 1.9 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G72 MP18 572 370.7[163] LPDDR4X 64-bit (4×16-bit) Quad-channel 1794 MHz (28.7 GB/s)[149] Shannon 360 LTE

DL: LTE Cat 18 1200 Mbit/s, 6CA, 256-QAM
UL: LTE Cat 13 200 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM

 Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Q1 2018
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Exynos 9820 (S5E9820)[164] 8 nm (Samsung 8LPP) 127[165] 2 + 2 + 4 cores (2.73 GHz Exynos M4 "Cheetah" + 2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 + 1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) Mali-G76 MP12 702 404.4 2093 MHz (33.488 GB/s)

[165]

 Dual-core NPU

1024 MAC units @ 933 MHz[165] (1.86 TOPs)

 Shannon 5000 LTE

DL: Cat.20 2000 Mbit/s, 8CA, 256-QAM UL: Cat.13 316 Mbit/s, 3CA, 256-QAM

 Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Q1 2019
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Exynos 9825 (S5E9825)[166] 8 nm (Samsung 7LPE) 2 + 2 + 4 cores (2.73 GHz Exynos M4 "Cheetah" + 2.4 GHz Cortex-A75 + 1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) 754 434.3 Q3 2019
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List of Exynos Wearable SoCs

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Devices using
Model number Fab. Die size (mm2) ISA μarch μarch Frequency (MHz) Performance GFLOPS (FP32) Type Bus width (bit) Bandwidth (GB/s)
Exynos 4 Single 4212[63][14] 32 nm (Samsung 32 nm HKMG) ARMv7-A 1 core 0.8 GHz Cortex-A9 Mali-400 MP4 400[167] 14.4 LPDDR2, DDR2 or DDR3 64-bit (2×32-bit) Dual-channel 400 MHz (6.4 GB/s) — Q3 2013
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Exynos 2 Dual 3250 28 nm (Samsung 28 nm HKMG) 2 cores 1.0 GHz Cortex-A7 Mali-400 MP2 400 7.2 LPDDR2 or
LPDDR3		 Q2 2014
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Exynos 7 Dual 7270
(SC57270)[168]		 14 nm (Samsung 14LPP) ARMv8-A 2 cores 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 Mali-T720 MP1 667 22.7 LPDDR3 32-bit (2×16-bit) Dual-channel Un­known LTE Cat.4 2CA 150 Mbit/s (DL) / 50 Mbit/s (UL) Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 4, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, eMMC Q3 2016
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Exynos 9110
(SC59110XSC)[170]		 10 nm (Samsung 10LPP) 2 cores 1.15 GHz Cortex-A53 LPDDR4
LPDDR4X		 Un­known Shannon 3012

LTE Cat.4 2CA 150 Mbit/s (DL) / Cat.5 75 Mbit/s (UL)		 Q3 2018
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Exynos W920
(SC55515XBD)[171]		 5 nm (Samsung 5LPE) ARMv8.2-A 2 cores 1.18 GHz Cortex-A55 Mali-G68 MP2 667 85.4 LPDDR4 Un­known Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 4, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, eMMC 5.1 Q3 2021
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Exynos W930
(SC55515XBE)[172]		 5 nm (Samsung 5LPP) 2 cores 1.4 GHz Cortex-A55 Un­known Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 4, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, eMMC 5.1 Q3 2023
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Exynos W1000
(SC55535AHA)[173]		 3 nm (Samsung SF3) 17.67 1 core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A78
4 cores 1.5 GHz Cortex-A55		 702 89.9 LPDDR5 Un­known Bluetooth 6.0, Wi-Fi 4, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, eMMC 5.1 Q3 2024
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Exynos Modem 303

Exynos Modem 333

Exynos Modem 5100

  • Supported Modes: 5G NR Sub-6 GHz, 5G NR mmWave, LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, HSPA, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, CDMA, GSM/EDGE[176]
  • Downlink Features:
    • 8CA (Carrier Aggregation) in 5G NR
    • 8CA 1.6 Gbit/s in LTE Cat. 19
    • 4x4 MIMO
    • FD-MIMO
    • Up to 256-QAM in sub-6 GHz, 2 Gbit/s
    • Up to 64-QAM in mmWave, 6 Gbit/s
  • Uplink Features:
    • 2CA (Carrier Aggregation) in 5G NR
    • 2CA in LTE
    • Up to 256-QAM in sub-6 GHz
    • Up to 64-QAM in mmWave
  • Process: 10 nm FinFET Process
  • Paired with: Exynos 9820 and Exynos 9825
  • Devices using: Samsung Galaxy S10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10

Exynos Modem 5123

  • Supported Modes: 5G NR Sub-6 GHz, 5G NR mmWave, LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, HSPA, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, CDMA, GSM/EDGE[177]
  • Downlink Features:
    • 8CA 1024-QAM in LTE Cat. 24 (3.0 Gbit/s )
    • Up to 256-QAM in sub-6 GHz (5.1 Gbit/s)
    • Up to 64-QAM in mmWave (7.35 Gbit/s)
  • Uplink Features:
    • 2CA 256-QAM in LTE Cat. 22 (422 Mbit/s )
    • Up to 256-QAM in sub-6 GHz
    • Up to 64-QAM in mmWave
  • Process: 7 nm FinFET Process
  • Paired with: Exynos 990, Exynos 2100, and Google Tensor
  • Devices using: Samsung Galaxy S20, Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Samsung Galaxy S21, and Google Pixel 6

Exynos Modem 5300

  • Supported Modes: 3GPP Release 16 5G NR Sub-6 GHz & mmWave (SA/NSA), LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, HSPA, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, CDMA, GSM/EDGE[178]
  • Downlink Features: Up to 10 Gbit/s
  • Uplink Features: Up to 3.9 Gbit/s
    • 5G sub-6 GHz
      • Up to 256-QAM
      • 2x2 MIMO
      • 400 MHz carrier aggregation
    • 5G mmWave
      • Up to 64-QAM
      • 2x2 MIMO
      • 800 MHz carrier aggregation
  • Process: 4nm EUV
  • Paired with: Exynos 2200, Google Tensor G2, and Google Tensor G3
  • Devices using: Samsung Galaxy S22, Google Pixel 7, and Google Pixel 8

Exynos Modem 5400

  • Supported Modes: 3GPP Release 17 5G NR Sub-6 GHz & mmWave (SA/NSA/NTN), LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, HSPA, WCDMA, GSM/EDGE, NB-IoT NTN[179][180]
  • Downlink Features:
    • 5G FR1
    • 5G FR2
      • Up to 14.8 Gbit/s
      • Up to 256-QAM
      • 2x2 MIMO
      • 1000 MHz carrier aggregation
  • Uplink Features: Up to 3.9 Gbit/s
    • 5G FR1
      • Up to 256-QAM
      • 2x2 MIMO
      • 400 MHz carrier aggregation
    • 5G FR2
      • Up to 64-QAM
      • 2x2 MIMO
      • 800 MHz carrier aggregation
  • Process: 4nm EUV
  • Paired with: Exynos 2400 and Google Tensor G4
  • Devices using it: Samsung Galaxy S24 and Google Pixel 9

List of Exynos IoT SoCs

Exynos i T200[181]

  • CPU: Cortex-M4 @ 320 MHz, Cortex-M0+ @ 320 MHz
  • WiFi: 802.11b/g/n Single band (2.4 GHz)
  • On-chip Memory: SRAM 1.4 MB
  • Interface: SDIO/ I2C/ SPI/ UART/ PWM/ I2S
  • Front-end Module: Integrated T/R switch, Power Amplifier, Low Noise Amplifier
  • Security: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, AES, TKIP, WAPI, PUF (Physically Unclonable Function)

Exynos i S111[182]

  • CPU: Cortex-M7 200 MHz
  • Modem: LTE Release 14 NB-IoT
    • Downlink: 127 kbit/s
    • Uplink: 158 kbit/s
  • On-chip Memory: SRAM 512 KB
  • Interface: USI, UART, I2C, GPIO, eSIM I/F, SDIO(Host), QSPI(Single/Dual/Quad IO mode), SMC
  • Security: eFuse, AES, SHA-2, PKA, Secure Storage, Security Sub-System, PUF
  • GNSS: GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou

List of Exynos Automotive SoCs

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Exynos Auto series

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SoC CPU GPU Memory technology NPU Modem Connectivity Released Vehicles
Model number Fab. Die size (mm2) μarch Frequency (MHz) Performance
GFLOPS (FP32)		 Type Bus width
(bit)		 Bandwidth
(GB/s)
Exynos Auto 8890 (SGA8890A)[183] 14 nm (Samsung 14LPP) 4 + 4 cores (2.6 GHz[184] Exynos M1 "Mongoose" + 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) GTS (ARMv8-A) Mali-T880 MP12 650 265.2 LPDDR4 64-bit (2×32-bit) Dual-channel N/A Shannon LTE
DL: LTE Cat 12 600 Mbit/s, 3CA
UL: LTE Cat 13 150 Mbit/s, 2CA		 Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Q1 2017 Audi A4 (B9) (2019–present)
Exynos Auto T5123[185] 7 nm (Samsung 7LPP) 2 cores Cortex-A55 (ARMv8.2-A) LPDDR4X 16-bit (1×16-bit) Single-channel 2133 MHz
(8.5 GB/s)		 N/A LTE DL: Cat.24 3000 Mbit/s, 8CA, 1024-QAM
UL: Cat.22 422 Mbit/s, 2CA, 256-QAM
5G NR Sub-6 GHz DL: 4.55 Gbit/s UL: 1.92 Gbps		 Q4 2021
Exynos Auto V710[186] 8 nm (Samsung 8LPP) 8 cores 1.5 GHz Cortex-A76 (ARMv8.2-A) 2× Mali-G76 (MP8 + MP3) LPDDR4X
LPDDR5		 128-bit (4×32-bit) Quad-channel 2133 MHz (68.256 GB/s) NPU Q4 2021
Exynos Auto V910 (S5AHR80A)[187] 8 nm (Samsung 8LPP) 8 cores 2.1 GHz Cortex-A76 (ARMv8.2-A) 3× Mali-G76 (MP12 + MP3 + MP3) LPDDR4X
LPDDR5		 NPU, 8.5 TOPS Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 6 Q1 2019
Exynos Auto V920 (S5AV920)[188] 5 nm (Samsung 5LPE) 10 cores (4+4+2) ARM Cortex-A78AE Samsung Xclipse GPU LPDDR5 128-bit (4×32-bit) Quad-channel 3200 MHz (102.4 GB/s) NPU, 23.1 TOPS 2025
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The Exynos Auto V9 comes with additional features such as:

The Exynos Auto V920 comes with additional features such as:

  • 3× Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP
  • Supports up to 6 Displays (3x 5K (8K*2K) + 3x DFHD (3840*1440)), and up to 12 Cameras (3x MIPI CSI 4lanes)
  • Supports 4K 240fps decoding (HEVC), 4K 120fps encoding
  • 2x USXGMII (10 Gbps) Ethernet[188]

Controversies

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Some of Samsung's phone models released between 2019 - 2021 that used Exynos 9611 processor were widely reported by customers having random restarts, freezing and boot-loops. Specific phone models include the Galaxy A50, A50s, A51, M30s, M21, M31, M31s, F41 and Galaxy M21 (2021). Although the issue went unreported on mainstream media [190][191] and very few YouTube reviewers covered it based on user reports,[192][193] the issues were widely documented on Samsung Members official community forum [194][195][196][197][198][199] as well as Reddit & other forums.[200][201][202][203][204] The impact was significant with hundreds of user posts & comments between 2020 and 2023. Samsung did free board replacements for some early customers who had the phone in warranty.[205] However, the majority of people faced the issue after the 12 month warranty period, mostly starting 1.5 - 3 years after purchase. Samsung never officially acknowledged the issue and no software update was released to solve the problem, although the phones received the promised minimum 4 year security updates.[206] The only official solution available to customers was to purchase replacement board that cost around 60-70% of the phone's cost. Most users resorted to risky yet cheaper 3rd party repair that required re-soldering (also called reballing) the CPU & RAM PoP (Package on Package) which managed to solve issue according to dozens of user reports on said forums.[207][208][209][210][211]

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