Samsung Exynos 5 Dual Processor

Samsung has released some information on its latest mobile processor which is designed to be used in smartphones and tablets, the Samsung Exynos 5 Dual (5250).

The new 32nm SoC packs twin 1.7GHz cores and supports up to 2560 x 100 WQXGA resolution – interesting, given the persistent rumors that Samsung is readying an 11.8-inch tablet at just that resolution – along with 1080p 60fps hardware deceleration and 3D graphics.

There’s also USB 3.0 and SATA3 support, OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenCL support, and the ability to drive wireless displays.

For the first time, Samsung has implemented a separate display subsystem, which the company says makes for a cheaper overall device and better performance.

Samsung is pretty vocal about the Exynos 5 Dual’s performance, comparing it to a desktop processor in terms of capabilities, and suggesting that it will offer twice the performance of an Exynos 4 Dual 1.4GHz.

Its individual cores at between 1.5x and 2x faster than Cortex-A9 cores – as used by NVIDIA in the Tegra 3, though in NVIDIA’s chip you do get four of them not two – while memory bandwidth is similarly speedy.

Samsung claims to have planned for a “worst case” scenario in driving graphics, with the Exynos 5 Dual capable of handling a full 2560 x 1600 display overlaying a UI onto 1080p video, keeping a camera preview running, encoding video, and simultaneously using HDMI-out to an HDTV.

Overall bandwidth is double that of the previous Exynos 4 Dual.

Meanwhile, power consumption is down – 30-percent lower than 45nm chips – and with specific power-saving routines for energy-hungry displays.

Samsung Exynos 5 Dual (5250) Specifications.

• Dual-core 1.7 Ghz Cortex A15 CPU
• Mali T604 GPU
• OpenGL ES 3.0
• OpenCL 1.1 full profile
• Support for WXQGA displays
• Wi-Fi display support
• 12.8 GB/s memory bandwidth with 2 port 800 Mhz LPDDR3 RAM support
• 1080p 60 FPS video performance and VP8 codec decoder
• USB 3.0 support