Samsung's Exynos 9810 flagship chipset officially launched

Samsung has officially launched its latest flagship chipset - the Series 9 Exynos 9810 headlining AI Applications and Richer Multimedia Content.

The Exynos 9810 will power the upcoming Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in several markets around the world.

Built on Samsung’s second-generation 10nm FinFET process it's packing a brand new eight-core CPU under its hood, four of which are powerful third-generation custom cores that can reach 2.9GHz, with the other four optimized for efficiency. Single-core performance is enhanced two-fold and multi-core performance is increased by around 40% compared to its predecessor.

We'll have to wait a little longer for formal benchmarking to see whether this is enough to put the Exynos 9810 into the same ballpark as Apple's A11 Bionic.

The Exynos 9810 features the first 1.2Gbps LTE modem thanks to its support for 6x carrier aggregation (CA) for 1.2Gbps downlink and 200 megabits per second (Mbps) uplink.

In addition the Exynos 9810 employs neural network-based deep learning and stronger security allowing the processor to accurately recognize people or items in photos for fast image searching or categorization, or through depth sensing, scan a user’s face in 3D for hybrid face detection.

While not explicitly drawn out, the depth-sensing 3D face detection looks like a carefully worded response to Apple's Face ID.

Graphics performance will be boosted by the latest ARM Mali-G72 GPU promising 20% more performance than that of the predecessor whilst being more efficient. Video playback also supports 10-bit HEVC (high efficiency video coding) and VP9 codecs.

The Exynos 9810 features a dual-ISP supporting up to 4 image sensors such as a dual-camera in the rear along with a camera and an iris sensor in the front. The dual-ISP will provide advanced stabilization for images and video of up to UHD resolution, real-time out-of-focus photography in high resolution and brighter pictures in low light with reduced noise and motion blur.

Samsung will be displaying the Exynos 9810 next week at CES 2018.