Where you’re likely to find a Snapdragon or Exynos chip inside the Galaxy S24

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S24 flagships are almost here. The company has sent invites for the next Unpacked event, soon to be held in San Jose, California. The company accepts reservations and rewards early adopters with a $50 discount on the next-gen devices.

Samsung says the Galaxy S24 will offer “a completely new mobile experience, now powered by AI,” but hasn’t confirmed any hardware specifications. More details will be revealed on January 17.

Even so, enough official and unofficial information has emerged to paint a near-complete picture of how the Galaxy S24 series will tackle the Exynos and Snapdragon problem. And if you’re a Galaxy S23 user looking to upgrade, you should know that the Galaxy S24 series will mark the return of the in-house Exynos chip.

The Galaxy S24 won’t be a Snapdragon-exclusive series like the Galaxy S23 is; however, it won’t adopt the old two-pronged chip formula either. At least, not entirely.

Exynos is coming back

After releasing the Galaxy S22 and the Exynos 2200 chip in 2022, Samsung took one extra year to develop a new silicon and didn’t release a high-end Exynos SoC in 2023. As a result, the entire Galaxy S23 series gained Snapdragon.

Exynos is now making a comeback, but recent reports indicate that the upcoming Galaxy S24 Ultra will be the only model in the flagship series to use a Snapdragon chip everywhere. The Ultra model won’t use an Exynos SoC; however, the base and Plus models will.

Like in the past, some regions will get Exynos, while others will get Snapdragon. And if the launch of the Galaxy S22 in 2022 is anything to go by, the upcoming Galaxy S24 and S24+ will share the Exynos and Snapdragon chips as follows:

• Galaxy S24/S24+ with Exynos will be released in Europe, CIS, Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
• Galaxy S24/S24+ with Snapdragon will be available in China, Japan, Latin America, North America, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

As for the chips themselves, they’re officially known as the Exynos 2400 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. They both boast performance improvements over the previous generations and powerful AI capabilities.

Editor’s Note: Samsung has never split one flagship lineup in this manner before, and if these reports are true, they seemingly signify that Samsung Exynos conceded to Qualcomm.

Ultra flagships are the best in their series and get the best hardware. If the Galaxy S24 Ultra will be the only one using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 solution everywhere, it signifies that the latter is superior to the Exynos 2400, and Samsung is admitting it in a roundabout way.