Indian version of Galaxy S5 slower than global version? Here is answer

When Samsung announced the Galaxy S5 on March 27, it revealed that the Indian version will have the Exynos processor and not the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor found in the global version of the device. But the company did not offer many details about the processor.

This is similar to what happened with the earlier Galaxy devices. Samsung sells the Snapdragon versions on Galaxy devices in markets where 4G is available and Exynos versions in markets where only 3G version is needed.
Ahead of the availability of Galaxy S5 in India on April 11, we now have enough information to tell you more about the Galaxy S5 powered by Exynos processor. We will have the full review of the device in the coming days but for now we can see how Galaxy S5 (the Indian version) compares to the Galaxy S5 (the global version) when it comes to processing power.

The Galaxy S5 in India is powered by Exynos 5422 processor. It is a processor with 8 cores. Unlike the 8-core processor in Galaxy S4, this one can run all its cores simultaneously if required. The earlier Exynos could run only four cores at a time. The 8-cores in Exynos 5422 are divided in two clusters. One cluster consists of high-performance four cores that use A15 ARM architecture. The other cluster uses four cores based on A7 ARM architecture, which is meant to provide mainstream performance.....

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