Remember how MediaTek got so excited about its MT6592 being able to have all eight of its cores active at one time? At the time that MediaTek introduced the chip, the Samsung Exynos 5 octa-cores were still only able to access one set of 4 cores at a time. The four Cortex A-15's are used for heavy lifting while the four Cortex A-7's are used for light paperwork.
The four cores on Qualcomm's top of the line Snapdragon 800 are all endowed with Cortex A-15 cores which is why that processor consistently beats out octa-core chips like the Samsung Exynos 5410 on benchmark tests. Meanwhile, lost in all of this chatter between rivals is a nice picture of the MediaTek MT6592. And even though the MT6592 can have all eight cores active at one time, it is that big.LITTLE architecture that is troubling Qualcomm. Can't we all just get along?
Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.
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