Samsung Galaxy S8 release date, news, specs rumors: Device to boast 10-nm Exynos 8895 chipset, Mali G71 graphics card

While the next Samsung Galaxy S-series smartphone is not expected to be out until 2017, there is nothing to stop the public from speculating regarding the features of the company's next big device. Coming out of the Galaxy Note 7 debacle this year, the Galaxy S8 is expected to allow the South Korean tech giant to bounce back. As early as now, it is being rumored that the Galaxy S8 will be packed with a very powerful processor and graphics chip.

According to Sam Mobile, the Galaxy S8 will be using the Exynos 8895 processor. Along with the powerful chipset, Samsung is said to equip the processor with its perfect match, the ARM's Mali G71 GPU.

The online publication quoted ARM's description of the graphics card, saying that the Mali G71 will boast "40% better performance density and 20% external memory bandwidth saving compared to Mali-T880." To note, this year's Galaxy S7 and Galaxy Note 7 use the high-tier variant of the latter GPU, Mali-T800 MP12. The Mali G71 is said to focus on much intense graphics processing and give way to 4K screen feature and virtual reality (VR) support. ARM's latest GPU is based on the new Bitfrost architecture.

The Exynos 8895 is expected to have a clock speed going all the way up to 3 GHz, Tech Times reported. Together with the Mali G71 video card, the Galaxy S8 will be compatible with Vulkan, OpenGL ES 3.2, GPU Compute, and Android Render Script APIs. At 16nm, the Mali G71 will run at 850MHz and allow a fill rate of 27.2 gigapixels per second.

The rumors are rife that the Mali G71 is more powerful than the GPU used in Snapdragon 830 chipset. The SD 830 has yet to be announced but if ever the earlier rumor turns out correct, it will be the first time that an ARM GPU is more efficient than a Qualcomm video card.

As of now, Samsung has not mentioned an estimated release for their next S-series Galaxy smartphone, but it is likely that it will be released in the same month that the Galaxy S7 was launched this 2016. Due to the ongoing Galaxy Note 7 recall, it is possible that the release schedule for the next Galaxy device will be affected.