Samsung’s new chipset for its upcoming mid-range smartphones is expected to be the Exynos 1680. It’s rumored that the Galaxy A57 could be one of the first devices to use this chip. Previously seen in performance tests, this SoC has signaled a significant improvement over its predecessor, the Exynos 1580, particularly in terms of graphics performance.
New Power Supply and Bluetooth 6.1 Support for the Mid-Range!
Samsung’s new Exynos 1680 has been spotted on the Bluetooth SIG platform. This listing reveals that the chipset supports Bluetooth 6.1, the latest Bluetooth version available. Bluetooth 6.1 offers enhanced privacy and battery life advantages over its predecessor, version 6.0. The Exynos 1580, on the other hand, used Bluetooth 5.3 technology. This suggests that the Exynos 1680 could offer a significant improvement in Bluetooth performance compared to the Exynos 1580.
Samsung’s initiation of certifications for the Exynos 1680 from various institutions indicates that the brand is preparing to launch the chipset. Samsung unveiled the Exynos 1580 in October 2024. Given that the brand follows a one-year refresh cycle for most of its products, the Exynos 1680 was originally expected to arrive last month, but this did not happen. Despite the delay, the start of the certification process indicates that the launch is near.
According to the chip’s listing on Geekbench, the Exynos 1680 features an octa-core CPU configuration. This configuration includes:
- One main core clocked at 2 GHz,
- Four high-performance cores clocked at 1.95 GHz,
- Three power-efficient cores clocked at 1.70 GHz.
The graphics unit is the XClipse 550 GPU, which utilizes AMD’s RDNA 3.5 microarchitecture. This GPU features two compute units running at 1,306 MHz. This powerful graphics architecture promises to significantly enhance the gaming and multimedia experience of mid-range devices.
