The Samsung Galaxy S4 leaves the Mali GPUs and goes to PowerVR SGX 544MP3

The change of graphics card in the Exynos 5 octa SoC is information that is already being received from various sources and "addresses", worse is now when a report has appeared that confirms it a few days (almost hours) after the presentation of the first terminal that will carry this processor, the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Therefore, the "worst omens" for some users are fulfilled, since they expected that the GPU included in the new device of the Korean company will be the Mali T6xx, which is said to have a power never seen to date. Therefore, it is possible that there is some degree of disappointment when learning from a study by Imagination Technologies what will be a PowerVR SGX 544MP3. In other words, the graphics performance could be lower than expected in the new reference terminal.

The number of cores (cores) that the new adapter would have has been confirmed to us, but since AnandTech it is indicated that these could be three at a frequency of 534 MHz. Obviously we would have to wait for this inclusion and its performance to be confirmed, but it does not seem that it will be able to spare the graphic power of, for example, the new Nvidia Tegra 4 SoC.

A totally unexpected GPU change

The change would occur in the processor exynos 5 octa which, as indicated in some sources, is the model chosen for the international versions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 (in the US it is speculated that the device would have a Qualcomm SoC), so the 8-core model would be the one that would be affected . It has even been indicated that certain temperature problems would be the ones that have led the company to make this decision.

The case that The days of Mali GPUs for Samsung could be ending… At least for the moment. And, the first model to be affected is the Samsung Galaxy S4. In any case, it is best to wait for the graph change to be confirmed and, if so, the performance offered by the chosen one.