First 20nm Samsung Exynos 5430 processor

Recently, Samsung becomes the focus as it released one new smart phone named Galaxy Alpha. When it was launched, we have got one sample to test. What surprised us is the performance of the CPU it owns is very good. We tested by a third party software, the performance is very similar as the Nvidia Tegra K1, and in some aspect, it is even better.

At that moment, we don't know what the CPU is adopted by the Galaxy Alpha. But today, Samsung launched a new CPU, Exynos 5430 octa core. It is the one Galaxy Alpha adopts.

This Exynos 5430 octa core CPU adopts the 20nm process technology and the big.LITTLE framework from ARM. It integrates four Cortex A15 and four Cortex A17.

Except the higher performance, Samsung also reduced the power consumption by 25%. This chipset can support 2K resolution screen, and H.265 decode.

Except this new CPU, Samsung launched a new baseband chip as well, the model number is Exynos Modem 303. Though, Samsung did not disclose any information about this chip, but Ontablets believe it should be one for LTE Cat6 4G network.