Samsung Galaxy S23 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 examined by Geekbench

Samsung Galaxy S23 series launch is a few months away. The company is expected to host a new Unpacked event in January or February 2023, where it will unveil the Galaxy S23 series. The lineup is expected to include three different models. These include the Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus and S23 Ultra. The vanilla S23 will sit at the bottom of the lineup.

Much like the Galaxy S22, the Galaxy S23 might be offered as a compact smartphone offering. The company has not confirmed any details about the S23 series launch date. Meanwhile, the vanilla model has been spotted on the Geekbench website.

Samsung Galaxy S23 examined by Geekbench

The first end result from a Samsung Galaxy S23 has been found within the Geekbench database – this additionally makes it the primary Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 end result as nicely. There is a little bit of hypothesis right here, however the SM-S911U needs to be the US model of the S23 and the code title “Kalama” could be very more likely to seek advice from the subsequent flagship chip from Qualcomm.

The CPU has an oddball core configuration – there may be one prime core at 3.36GHz, 4 mid cores at 2.80GHz and three small cores at 2.02GHz. That strains up with a report by Ice Universe who claimed that the CPU may have a 1+2+2+3 configuration.

In addition to this, the listing reveals that the phone has an Adreno 740 GPU. This suggests that the US variant will feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The phone will launch with at least 8GB of RAM under the hood. It can be expected to feature 128GB and 256GB of internal storage. The Geekbench listing also confirms that the S23 will run Android 13 out of the box. There will be a layer of One UI 5.0 on top. Samsung is likely to offer 25W fast charging support on the S23. The device could also feature a bigger battery compared to the S22’s 3700mAh cell.

Other details of the phone have leaked as well. As per reports, the Galaxy S23 series will come in Beige, Black, Green and Light Pink colours. The standard S23 will sport a 6.1-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate support. It will come with a triple-camera setup with a 50MP main camera. It will also feature a 12MP ultrawide camera and a 10MP telephoto camera. For selfies, the phone will feature a 12MP front camera. 

The phone itself is listed with a single-core score of 1524, and a multi-core score of 4597. Compared to the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 which—going by our in-house tests—delivers median scores of 1322 and 4179 on those two tests respectively, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 looks to offer about a 10% improvement in CPU performance. Not bad, especially for what’s likely a prototype unit.