Galaxy A57 Prototype Likely Benchmarked, Revealing Exynos 1680 Chipset

The Galaxy A56 made its global debut back in March, but it took its sweet time to launch in the US. Even before it hit the US market, early details about its successor had already been revealed. The successor in question, the Galaxy A57, is reportedly set to pack an Exynos 1680 chipset.

Exynos 1680 and Xclipse 550 GPU debut in possible Galaxy A57 prototype tests

Today, a prototype featuring the yet-to-be-released Exynos 1680 chipset was benchmarked (via Abhishek Yadav on X), revealing new details about its GPU performance. As Notebookcheck speculates, this could very well be the Galaxy A57’s prototype, equipped with the Exynos 1680 chipset. Hopefully, that gives us an early look at what to expect from the upcoming mid-range device.

As mentioned earlier, the Exynos 1680, which carries the codename S5E8865, comes paired with Samsung’s recently rumored Xclipse 550 GPU. Interestingly, this GPU has fewer Compute Units (CUs), two compared to the four found in its predecessor, the Xclipse 540. This does raise some questions about how it will perform in real-world scenarios.

The Exynos 1680 retains a similar CPU architecture to the previous generation with eight cores arranged into three clusters. However, the CPU clock speeds vary noticeably, with most clusters running at lower frequencies compared to the earlier Exynos 1580 chipset, potentially balancing power efficiency with performance.

Despite having fewer Compute Units, early Geekbench benchmarks suggest that the Xclipse 550’s performance in OpenCL tests closely matches that of the Xclipse 540. This suggests Samsung may have fine-tuned the GPU architecture or other chip components to compensate for the reduced CU count.

The listing revealing these details, titled “Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Full Android on S5E8865 ERD” likely refers to an early prototype. Or development board rather than a finished commercial product. And to be fair, the Galaxy A57 is still a few months away from debut.