Recently, the parameters of the next-generation flagship processors of various mobile phone manufacturers have been intensively exposed, and the next-generation A-series processors of Apple and Samsung have also ushered in detailed news.
According to the latest report, the Apple A15 processor has begun trial production, which will be equipped with a 5-core GPU, and it is expected that there will be at least a 35% performance upgrade.
According to reports, the CPU architecture of the A15 processor is expected to still be a design of two large cores + four small cores, but the performance will be 20% higher than that of the A14. According to the tipster, this is related to the SVE2 scalable vector expansion technology used by the A15 processor.
In terms of the manufacturing process, the processor continues to use TSMC’s 5nm process. However, it should be noted that, compared to the A14 processor, the 5nm process used by the A15 is significantly more advanced, which can further enhance performance and improve power consumption.
The current A14 processor is fully ahead of the Android camp processors in terms of performance and power consumption. Therefore, if the Apple A15 processor really has at least a 35% performance upgrade, it will undoubtedly further expand with the Qualcomm Snapdragon flagship processor.
In addition to the Apple A15 processor, Samsung’s new Exynos 2200 processor running points have also been exposed. The CPU scored as high as 8134 points in the 3DMark Wild Life test, which is about 40% higher than the Snapdragon 888 and even surpasses the Apple A14 processor.
The GPU running score of Exynos 2200 is so high mainly because of the introduction of AMD RDNA 2 architecture GPU. This is also the first time AMD has used this architecture on a mobile platform. The current test results are gratifying. But combined with the current Apple A15 processor parameters, it may still be difficult to match the Apple A-series processors in terms of overall performance.
So now the pressure is coming to Qualcomm. Generally speaking, the iterative upgrade rate of mobile phone SoC is about 20%. If Qualcomm’s next-generation flagship processor is still upgraded at a normal rate, it is likely to lag behind Apple and Samsung.
Of course, the currently revealed processor parameters do not represent the actual user experience. After all, in actual usage scenarios, power consumption and heat generation also determine the user experience.
For example, although Apple’s A-series processors often lead in performance, in some scenes, excessive power consumption results in abnormal heating, which is manifested as frequency reduction and frame drop, forcing the screen brightness to be reduced.
