Samsung Exynos 2200 Processor With AMD RDNA 2-Based Xclipse GPU Announced: Specifications

Samsung has finally unveiled its much-awaited flagship processor: Exynos 2200. Instead of opting for a launch event, the South Korean tech giant revealed all the chipset’s specifications through a press release and the official website. This new processor uses ARM’s new v9 CPU cores, Xclipse 920 GPU, and Samsung Foundry’s 4nm EUV fabrication process.

The Exynos 2200’s Xclipse GPU is built on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture and offers features like hardware-accelerated ray-tracing and VRS (Variable Rate Shading). The SoC (System On Chip) offers 5G connectivity with support for both sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G networks. Let us take look at Exynos 2200 specifications and features.

Exynos 2200 Specifications, Features

The Samsung Exynos 2200 SoC is manufactured using Samsung Foundry’s 4nm LPE EUV process. It uses a tri-cluster CPU structure, which includes a powerful ARM Cortex-X2 core, three balanced Cortex-A710 CPU cores, and four power-efficient Cortex-A510 CPU cores. Furthermore, the Exynos 2200 also has a dual-core NPU for hardware-accelerated AI (Artificial Intelligence) processing. Samsung claims that the NPU’s performance is doubled compared to the Exynos 2100.

Moving onto the GPU, Samsung has designed the Xclipse 920 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture that is also used by Microsoft Xbox Series X, Sony PS5, and AMD Radeon 6000 series graphics cards. Samsung hasn’t divulged much information about the GPU’s performance figures, but it claims that the Xclipse 920 GPU will “bring an end to the old era of mobile gaming and mark the start of an exciting new chapter.“

According to Samsung, the Xclipse 920 GPU supports advanced features like hardware-accelerated ray-tracing (RT) and VRS (Variable Rate Shading) which are usually only seen on console and PC-grade GPUs. In fact, the Exynos 2200 is the first mobile chipset that supports ray-tracing on a hardware level.

The Exynos 2200 chipset also includes an integrated 5G modem that supports SA (Standalone) and NSA (Non-Standalone) sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G networks. It offers up to 10Gb/s download speeds in 4G+5G dual-connection mode and 7.35Gb/s download speeds in 5G mode. Upload speeds can reach as high as 3.5Gb/s on mmWave 5G networks.

Other connectivity features of the chipset include BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, Wi-Fi 6E MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, and USB 3.2 Type-C port.

The chipset’s ISP (Image Signal Processor) supports up to 200MP camera sensors. It can also record 8K videos at 30fps and 4K videos at 120fps. The Exynos 2200 also supports HDR10 and HDR10+ content playback and recording. It also supports QHD+ 144Hz or 4K 120Hz displays with HDR10+.

Samsung says that the Exynos 2200 is already in the mass production stage. The newly-launched chipset is expected to debut with the Samsung Galaxy S22 series early next month. It will compete with the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processors.

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