


The Cortex-A15 core proved to be a worthy competitor for the 2.3GHz clocked Krait 400 CPUs, but still came second best. Our first benchmark tests single-core performance. Samsung has announced it is possible to unlock the capability to use all eight cores simultaneously via a firmware update, but there is a risk of huge power drainage or overheating, so there is very little chance the Note 10.1 will be getting this update. The slate can't use both sets of cores simultaneously, instead it utilizes the power-saving Cortex-A7 for lighter tasks and runs on the Cortex-A15 when reporting for heavier duties. It uses ARM's big.LITTLE architectures and has a four 1.5GHz Cortex-A15 cores and a four 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 cores on its processor. We have the Wi-Fi-only model of the Galaxy Note 10.1 at our disposal, so we'll be running our benchmark routine over the latest Samsung Exynos 5420 chipset. Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition is available in two different versions - a Snapdragon 800-powered LTE model and a Samsung Exynos 5 Octa-running Wi-Fi and 3G editions.
