Samsung won’t use a custom Exynos SoC for its upcoming AR headset, as a new benchmark leak shows it will be based on the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2

A prototype of Samsung’s alleged AR headset was spotted testing with an Exynos 2200, but that doesn’t mean the company will launch the device with its own chipset. According to the latest benchmark leak, the Korean giant will be packing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, among others, which we’ll get to in a moment.

Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 has a 6-core CPU cluster but is slower than Apple’s M2, meaning Samsung’s AR headset is already less powerful than its closest competitor

The use of Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in the upcoming mixed reality headset is justified as Samsung has not mass-produced a chipset specifically designed for this product category. Moreover, Qualcomm’s new SoC may disappoint in the Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core scores spotted by 91mobiles, but it does offer support for several other technologies that enhance the mixed reality experience. The image below shows that Samsung’s AR headset with model number SM-I130 managed a score of 1,076 and 2,078, but here’s the interesting part.

The benchmark shows that the device was tested with 16GB of RAM. A combination of virtual and augmented reality content is very memory intensive, so it is necessary to equip such head-mounted wearables with enough RAM so that the experience is not compromised. The Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 was developed in collaboration with Google and Samsung and can achieve 4.3K resolution per display at 90 FPS. The Adreno 740, in conjunction with the chipset, can decode 8K-60FPS videos and encode 8K-30FPS or 4K-60FPS content.

The SoC is also designed to handle more than 12 cameras for live camera feeds. Qualcomm claims that there is only a 12ms delay on live camera feeds. The Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 comes with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 adapters, which should reduce latency even further. So far, Samsung has not unveiled an equivalent of the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 to use in its first iteration of an AR headset. However, since the market is still nascent, it will be a few years before the Korean giant starts developing its custom solution in earnest.

News source: 91mobiles