The Exynos chips are finally able to match up to their Qualcomm-made competition. What you need to know Samsung's semiconductor business may finally be able to redeem itself with the launch of the new Exynos 2100 SoC. The Korean giant's in-house chip is reportedly even able to beat Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon 888. The chip can apparently achieve a 3,963 score for multi-core performance on Geekbench, compared to the 3,794 Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 888 is capable of. It's been a tough few years for Samsung's chip-making business. After years of producing in-house designs for SoCs that simply could not keep up with its Qualcomm-made competition , Samsung's LSI division reached a new low this year when the smartphone division snubbed its Exynos 990 chip in favor of Qualcomm's wares even in the South Korean versions of the Galaxy S20 . The division reportedly 'felt humiliated' as a result of the debacle, not to mention the public backlash