Exynos 7870

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. (DL &...