Samsung introduced the new Galaxy S23 series this week on February 1st. The first contact with the three new Android smartphones attracted most of the readers this week. While the Galaxy S23 series still has a test ahead of it, the Intel Core i9-13900KS has already passed it as the first 6 GHz processor.
Samsung Galaxy S23 series hands-on
With the new Galaxy S smartphones, Samsung is once again putting all of its own expertise on the scales to create three premium smartphones with as many features as possible. The bigger hooks this year are a full switch to Qualcomm-only processors over Samsung, a 200MP camera exclusive to the flagship Galaxy S23 Ultra, and higher prices across the board.
So far, at least in the European Galaxy S smartphones, the company's own Exynos processors have been installed, but Samsung is now using the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy” and therefore a variant of the chip specially adapted for the Qualcomm company. The system-on-a-chip offers a 160 MHz faster Prime core based on the Arm Cortex-X3 and a 39 MHz higher clocked Adreno GPU, which supports ray tracing as well as the AMD-contributed RDNA-2 GPU of the previously used one Exynos 2200.
With the devices, Samsung serves the premium and ultra-premium segment, as the manufacturer calls it, and does not hold back with the pricing. The smartphones cost at least 100 euros more compared to the Galaxy S22 series. Double storage and promotions for pre-orders should dampen this situation a bit.
The editors currently have test devices for the smallest Galaxy S23 and the top model, the Galaxy S23 Ultra, and will in all likelihood publish a test before the smartphones' official market launch on February 17.
Core i9-13900KS may call itself the first 6 GHz CPU
The review of the Intel Core i9-13900KS, the first 6 GHz processor available for the mass market, has already been published. The verdict on the latest “KS” is clear: Fastest gaming CPU, fastest CPU in single and dual-core loads and with the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X almost at eye level in multi-core apps – all of this reads impressively , but should not hide the fact that there is almost the same performance with the Core i9-13900K, which costs 150 euros less.
The Core i9-13900KS is therefore a flagship for Intel and can justifiably call itself the first 6 GHz CPU, but the market offers more sensible models with a better price-performance ratio and higher efficiency.
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Netflix wants to stop account sharing
Measures planned by Netflix to restrict account sharing made it to the top of the daily news. What is particularly controversial is that the provider stipulates that the user must connect to the WLAN of the primary location every 31 days in order to be able to continue using the account. Access codes can be requested for travel, with which the account can still be used away from the main location for seven consecutive days.
Netflix has the FAQ from which this information emerged was taken offline again a short time later, but the company wants to stick to the planned measures in Germany, among other places. Netflix has not commented on why the entry was (for the time being) removed.
Ryzen 7000 X3D will start at the end of February
AMD's answers to the questions of when exactly the new Ryzen 7000 X3D will appear and what they will cost also attracted many readers. On February 28th, the top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D will start at $699 and $599. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D will come much later in April for $449. The prices make it clear: The numerous downward price corrections that the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 7 7700X have experienced in the last few weeks and months are here to stay.
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The coming week on ComputerBase
New processors are also planned for ComputerBase next week. Among other things, a test of the Core i5-13500 is pending. The editors also took a look at Sony's DualSense Edge for the PlayStation 5, and tests on audio products in the areas of microphones and loudspeakers are also planned. Additionally, on February 8th, Google is likely to announce a competing product to ChatGPT.