The UK Samsung Galaxy S4 will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 chipset, not 8-core Exynos 5 Octa
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will be powered by a Snapdragon 600 chipset when it arrives in the UK, and not Samsung’s 8-core Exynos 5 as was previously reported.
At launch we were told that the UK version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 would run the company’s own 8-core Exynos 5 Octa processor, a point Samsung’s official S4 press release maintained following the handset’s unveiling.
Here’s the official statement via Samsung confirming the switch.
‘Samsung Galaxy S 4 is equipped with a 1.9GHz Quad-core AP or a 1.6GHz Octa-core AP. The selection of AP varies by markets. In the UK the Galaxy S 4 will be available as a 4G device with a 1.9GHz Quad Core Processor.’
So what does that mean for UK punters? At this stage it’s difficult to say, but we’ll know more once we’ve tested both versions of the Galaxy S4.
On the plus side, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 is an excellent piece of kit – it’s the same chipset found inside the HTC One. On the S4, however, it’s clocked at 1.9GHz, a smidge higher than the One’s 1.7GHz.
The Exynos 5 Octa uses heterogeneous computing, whereby two central processing units (CPUs)—a quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU and a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU—are integrated into the same chip. This is thought to aid battery life.
