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Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus spotted running Snapdragon 888 chipset
Qualcomm has recently released its latest processor, Snapdragon 888 (Snapdragon 875) based on a 5nm process. This SoC is more capable than its previous Snapdragon 865 and sports Qualcomm’s X60 modem for a better 5G experience. Following its launch, Several OEMs have already confirmed it to use on their upcoming flagships but Samsung was missing from the list.
Recently two smartphones with model numbers SM-G991U and SM-G996U that are identified as Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus have been spotted on Geekbench running Snapdragon 888 SoC which clarifies that Samsung will be using it in the upcoming flagships. This SoC will be used alongside the Exynos 2100 which is yet to be released.
The Geekbench scores of the Snapdragon 888 have been revealed on the Samsung Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ smartphones running on Android 11 based One UI 3.x and 8GB of RAM. The processor here has a base frequency of 1.80 GHz and a code name ‘Lahaina’ that is used for Snapdragon 888.
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The benchmark for both of the models are different, the Galaxy S21 with the model number SM-G991U has scored 1075 points for single-core and 2916 point for the multi-core. While the same processor on the Galaxy S21 Plus with model number SM-G996U has scored the single-core and a multi-core score of 1115 and 3326 respectively.
The Galaxy S21 smartphones running Snapdragon 888/Exynos 2100 will be unveiled in mid-January 2021 which is earlier than company’s usual schedule. These new flagships from Samsung will come with some high end features such as a Dynamic AMOLD display, premium design, superior camera’s and more. You can check more information about these devices in our article linked below.