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With Qualcomm having announced that it’s annual Snapdragon Tech Summit will take place starting December 1, it’s nearly a guarantee that the new Snapdragon 875 and its capabilities will be unveiled at the virtual event. There is lots to look forward to from the upcoming SoC, as Samsung’s 5nm EUV should bring massive levels of improvements. However, according to one tipster, there’s one thing that might raise the bar for the Snapdragon 875 and that’s the use of ARM’s faster Cortex-X1 core. According to the latest info, Qualcomm’s latest and greatest SoC might be the only one taking advantage of it.

The Exynos 2100 may not use the Cortex-X1 core, according to the tipster Ice Universe. This suggests that Samsung’s first flagship SoC using the 5nm node might use ARM’s Cortex-A78 cores for handling the more demanding tasks. Unfortunately, Cortex-A78 will still be slower than the Cortex-X1, giving the Snapdragon 875 the edge when compared against the Exynos 2100. Ice Universe earlier stated that while Samsung’s upcoming SoC will bridge the performance and efficiency gap, it will still not be able to beat Qualcomm’s upcoming chipset.