After a long time, Samsung may ship an S series flagship or high-end phone with an Exynos chip in the US. The Galaxy S24 FE looks set to feature the Exynos 2400e globally, including stateside. From what we can remember, the Galaxy S6 series (2015) was the last model in the lineup to feature Samsung’s in-house processor. The new Fan Edition phone may launch in October.
Galaxy S24 FE uses an Exynos chip in the US
The US version of the Galaxy S24 FE recently surfaced on Geekbench with the model number SM-S721U. It’s the carrier-locked variant that recently picked up the Bluetooth certificate. The device appeared with Android 14 and 8GB RAM, though we know a 12GB RAM variant exists too. It scored 1,996 in single-core CPU tests and 5,678 in multi-core CPU tests on Geekvencg v6.3.
The scores are in line with what the global (SM-S721B) and Korean (SM-S721N) versions achieved. However, the most interesting thing about the latest benchmark run for the Galaxy S24 FE is its chipset. The US version has the same processor as the rest of the world. It’s the Exynos 2400e, an underclocked version of the Exynos 2400 that powered the Galaxy S24 and S24+ in global markets.
The deca-core 4nm chipset has its prime CPU core clocked at 3.11GHz, down from 3.21GH on the standard version. The other nine CPU cores operate at the same speed — two mid-cores at 2.90GHz, three mid-cores at 2.59GHz, and four efficiency cores at 1.96GHz. Samsung hasn’t made any changes to its Xclipse 940 GPU. It still operates at a peak frequency of 1095MHz.
This is a massive move from Samsung considering how it always used a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset in its high-end phones in the US, even when the global version of the same phone shipped with an Exynos processor. The Galaxy S24 and S24+ had the same dual-chip strategy. The Exynos 2400 chip fared pretty well, and Samsung seems confident about the Exynos 2400e too. We will know for sure when the phone launches.
