Samsung’s Cancelled Exynos 2300, Codenamed ‘Quadra,’ Had Comparable Performance To The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Claims Rumor

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Samsung was rumored to have axed the Exynos 2300 and is instead pursuing work on the Exynos 2400, which is slated for a Q4 2023 launch. However, it would not have been such a terrible idea for the chipset codenamed ‘Quadra’ would be mass produced because its performance could be compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

The decision to cancel the Exynos 2300 was made before the SoC ever entered the mass production, according to a post from Revegnus. Though the reason for its cancellation was not mentioned, what is stated is that the silicon would have given the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 a run for its money. With Samsung’s 4nm process seemingly going strong with improved yields, the company can focus on increasing Exynos 2400 production accordingly.

The tipster compares the Exynos 2300 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to the Exynos 2100 and Snapdragon 888 duo that launched a couple of years ago and were found in the Galaxy S21 series. In a previous benchmark, we reported that the Exynos 2100 was actually getting the better of the Snapdragon 888 right until the GPU test, where the Adreno 660 helped push Qualcomm’s flagship SoC of 2021 to secure top position over its Exynos rival.

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The cancellation of Quadra (Exynos 2300) mass production is not related to the MX decision. The decision to cancel was made before Quadra could be properly mass-produced, within the DS division. Looking at 2300's performance, it doesn't significantly lag behind Gen2.

— Revegnus (@Tech_Reve) August 31, 2023

This may suggest that the Exynos 2300 would have beaten the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in multi-core runs, though it is possible it would falter in the GPU test. Google’s Tensor G3 is said to be a modified version of the Exynos 2300 and features the same CPU cluster as