Samsung has officially announced the Exynos 7872 hexa-core processor. It will make its first commercial appearance in the just announced Meizu M6s. The company often uses Samsung chips for its handsets, last year's Meizu Pro 6 Plus used Samsung's Exynos 8890 chipset.
The processor is a part of the Exynos 5 series chipsets and is a built on the 14nm FinFET process. It packs two high-performance Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2Ghz for demanding tasks and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.6Ghz for power efficiency. For gaming needs, it packs a Mali-G71 GPU.
Two-fold increase in single core performance
Samsung claims a two-fold increase in the single core performance compared to its predecessor. If that claim holds true, then the chipset should perform noticeably better in everyday tasks.
The Exynos 7872 features a Cat.7 LTE modem with 2CA (Carrier Aggregation) for speeds of up to 300Mbps. The modem also supports both LTE-FDD and LTE-TDD modes to cover various markets around the world. The chipset comes with dual-band WIFI, Bluetooth 5.0, and FM Radio. On the navigation front, the Exynos 7872 sports GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo.
In the imaging department, Samsung claims an improved ISP (Image Signal Processor) and MFC (Multi-Format Codec). The chip supports up to 21.7-megapixel front and rear cameras as well as support for an iris camera sensor up to 8-megapixel for secure authentication. It boasts 1080p video recording at 120fps with HEVC and H.264 codec support. It does lack support for dual-cameras.
Samsung and its customers like Meizu will be using the Exynos 7872 processor for mid-range smartphones this year.
