Samsung may be working on a separate high-end chipset called the Exynos 8870 that it will supply to other smartphone manufacturers. The chipset could be a slightly less powerful version of the Exynos 8890, which Samsung will use in its next generation of flagship devices, like the Galaxy S7. Its current generation flagship chipset, the Exynos 7420, is used by Meizu on its Pro 5 smartphone. So, it is possible that the Exynos 8870 could be used on the Meizu Pro 6, which may launch sometime next year.
Details of the Exynos 8870 are currently not known, but the architecture of the chipset could be similar to the Exynos 8890 which was announced last month. Leaked scores of the Exynos 8890 running on a device called the ‘Lucky-LTE’ appeared on GeekBench in September. As per the leak, the processor managed to get a single core score of 1336, while the multi-core score was 4824, which is quite close to the Exynos 7420. Last month, the AnTuTu score of the of Exynos 8890 was supposedly leaked, and showed that the device scored 103,692.
The Exynos 8890 is manufactured using the same 14nm FinFET process that Samsung uses with the Exynos 7420 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. The Exynos 8890 marks the first time Samsung is using its own custom-built core, called ‘M1’. Prior to this, Samsung used the ARM cores architecture. The chipset has an octa-core CPU with four M1 cores, and four Cortex-A53 cores arranged in big.LITTLE design. This design uses Samsung Coherent Interconnect (SCI) technology, which Samsung claims to ensure better interaction between the two core clusters.
The Meizu Pro 5 is the only non-Samsung phone to be powered by the Exynos 7420 processor. The phone was launched in China in September, with prices starting at RMB 2,799 (about Rs. 28,600). Other features of the phone include a 5.7-inch Full HD AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass. At the back is a 21MP camera, with a 5MP camera in the front.
Source: My Drivers