Exynos 2400 officially announced with a 70% faster CPU and an RDNA 3-based Xclipse 940 GPU

After months of naysaying, doubts, and wild performance estimates, Samsung's new mobile AP, the Exynos 2400, is finally here. Samsung hasn't revealed much in the way of actual specs. It was revealed earlier it would be manufactured on Samsung's 4 LPP+ node and not 3GAP, which will be debut alongside next year's Exynos 2500. Instead, it chose to focus more on its Xclipse 940 GPU, which brings forth "substantially enhanced" raytracing prowess.

However, a leak from earlier says it barely manages to outperform the last-gen Snapdragon 8 Gen 2's Adreno 740. Contrary to reports, the Exynos 2400 uses RDNA 3 architecture for its Xclipse 940 GPU. Either way, it will be nothing short of a miracle if it manages to trade blows with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, let alone beat it.

On the CPU front, the Exynos 2400 is 1.7x faster than its predecessor. This figure isn't surprising, given its increased core count from eight to ten. As mentioned earlier, Samsung has kept its CPU core cluster details under wraps. Unlike its phones/tablets/laptops, the Exynos 2400 has been leak-proof with only a handful of GPU-bound benchmarks surfacing online.

Samsung has designed a new "AI tool" for the Exynos 2400. It will work in tandem with smartphones for tasks like text-to-image generation. The NPU is 14x faster than the one on the Exynos 2200. Real-world application of this remains to be seen and will likely arrive in the form of generative AI.

Unfortunately, there is no word about when we'll get to see the Exynos 2400 in action. Logically, it should debut alongside the Galaxy S24 series next year. However, it may be restricted to the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+, with the Galaxy S24 Ultra slated to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy worldwide.

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