Samsung Announces New Exynos 7870 Mid-Range 14nm SoC
Today Samsung announced a new mid-range SoC called the Exynos 7870. The new SKU sports 8x Cortex A53s running at up to 1.6GHz. The GPU should be an ARM Mali T830 although we have no information on core-count or frequencies used. The part extends Samsung's ModAP lineup of SoCs with integrated modems as we see an integrated UE Category 6 modem integrated, delivering up to 300Mbps with FDD-TDD joint carrier aggregation.
| Upcoming 14nm Mid-Range SoCs | |||
| SoC | Exynos 7580 | Exynos 7870 | Snapdragon 625 (MSM8953) |
| CPU | 8x A53 @ 1.6GHz | 8x A53 @ 1.6GHz | 4x A53 @ 2.0GHz
4x A53 @ ? GHz |
| GPU | Mali T720MP3 @ 600MHz |
Mali T830MP? | Adreno 506 |
| Encode/ Decode |
1080p60 H.264 |
2160p H.264 & HEVC (Decode) |
|
| Camera/ISP | Dual ISP 16MP / (8+8) |
Dual ISP 16MP / (8+8) |
Dual ISP 24MP |
| Integrated Modem |
Cat. 6 300Mbps DL ?Mbps UL 2x20MHz C.A. |
Cat. 6 300Mbps DL ?Mbps UL 2x20MHz C.A. |
"X9 LTE" Cat. 7 300Mbps DL 150Mbps UL 2x20MHz C.A. |
| Mfc. Process | 28nm HKMG | 14nm | 14nm LPP |
More interestingly, is that the new SoC is manufactured on a 14nm FinFET process which promises to reduce power consumption by over 30% over similar SoCs such as the Exynos 7580. Only a few days ago we were discussing our surprise with the introduction of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 625 which is also manufactured in a 14nm LPP process, a great sign for the manufacturing process given that these mid-range parts are very price-sensitive. Samsung discloses that the Exynos 7870 will be in mass production in the first quarter of 2016 so we're essentially very close to device availability in the following months.