The latest Exynos chip in the Samsung Galaxy S22+ is laughably bad compared to the iPhone’s A15.
If there’s one Android phone that’s comparable to the iPhone, it’s the latest Galaxy S phone. More than the Pixel 6 Pro, OnePlus 9, or whatever the latest Android flavor of the month is, the Galaxy S22 line offers a level of design, features, and flair that’s almost Apple-like, with an undeniable identity and influence over the rest of the industry. But while iPhone and Galaxy fans can argue over who has the better display, design, and camera, there’s no denying that Apple has the clear lead when it comes to the processor. Samsung is the world’s largest chipmaker, but it still uses Qualcomm’s latest top-of-the-line flagship chip for its North American Galaxy phones while the rest of the world gets Samsung’s homegrown Exynos processor, but neither can match Apple’s power, processing, and efficiency. The overseas models of Samsung’s flagship phones use the Exynos 2200 processor. Adam Patrick Murray / IDG That was supposed to change with the newest Exynos chips. After Samsung launched the Exynos 2100 in 2021 and dumped its custom CPU cores for the Cortex-X1 CPU core, it put a renewed emphasis on performance and power efficiency. Similarly, this year’s Exynos 2200 chip turned the focus to graphics performance with a new Samsung Xclipse GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture. When it launched, Samsung boasted that the chip would enable “the ultimate mobile phone gaming experience” and for a while, it seemed like the S22 might finally give Apple’s iPhone 13 a run for its money. So we were excited to test it out.
