Samsung's Metal Galaxy A7 Packs Octa-Core Power

[Mike Andronico]

Samsung's mid-range Galaxy A7 packs an octa-core CPU and a 5-MP selfie cam within a thin metal body.

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[TechyInAZ]

Did I hear octo core cpu!!! That's pretty cool, is it a single 8 core chip or dual 4 core chips?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

Can someone provide a scenario showing a phone using a workload that can utillize 8 cores? or even 4?
"Samsung's Galaxy A7 probably won't make you ditch your iPhone,"
i have to use an iphone 5s for work unfortunately, and i have thought about ditching it (against a brick wall) many times.

 

[Quixit]

Can someone provide a scenario showing a phone using a workload that can utillize 8 cores? or even 4?
"Samsung's Galaxy A7 probably won't make you ditch your iPhone,"
i have to use an iphone 5s for work unfortunately, and i have thought about ditching it (against a brick wall) many times.

Encoding video, I do that with my phone all the time!!!

No I don't, this is pointless.

 

[jrharbort]

Did I hear octo core cpu!!! That's pretty cool, is it a single 8 core chip or dual 4 core chips?

It uses either the Snapdragon 615 or the Exynos 5 Octa 5430, depending on the region you get it from. The former has a 4/4 core CPU with four 1.5GHz A53 cores, and four 1GHz A53 cores. The latter has a 4/4 core CPU with four 1.8GHz A15 cores, and four 1.3GHz A7 cores.

 

[alexbrown12]

Thanks for sharing .

 

[Mike Andronico]

Did I hear octo core cpu!!! That's pretty cool, is it a single 8 core chip or dual 4 core chips?

It uses either the Snapdragon 615 or the Exynos 5 Octa 5430, depending on the region you get it from. The former has a 4/4 core CPU with four 1.5GHz A53 cores, and four 1GHz A53 cores. The latter has a 4/4 core CPU with four 1.8GHz A15 cores, and four 1.3GHz A7 cores.

Yep! Two four-cores. You can find the rest of the specs here:

http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/2015/01/12/Galaxy-A7-1#Tech