The heart of the Samsung Galaxy S22 is certain to be a powerful chipset. However, new leaked information has revealed that there is disagreement over which chip it will be.

The latest video from Korean leaker SuperRoader (via LetsGoDigital) claims that Samsung has decided to use Qualcomm's next-generation flagship chip in the Galaxy S22 for Korea, the US, and Europe. This is a new precedent, as Samsung normally uses Qualcomm chips only for the U.S. and Chinese versions of its Galaxy S series, with Samsung's own Exynos silicon for the rest of the world. However, this new leak is not universally believed by other technology informants who claim to know Samsung's activities.

SuperRoader fleshed out his leak by explaining that Samsung was planning to use the Snapdragon 895/898 chips for the U.S. models of the Galaxy S22 and the Exynos 2200 chips for the Asian and European models. However, Samsung is reportedly having difficulty procuring the components to manufacture these chips. Therefore, in order to solve the supply problem, SuperRoader claims that Samsung has decided to use the more plentiful Snapdragon chips in all versions of the Galaxy S22.

This is unfortunate since the Exynos 2200 chip is rumored to use AMD graphics. According to one source, this could have been significant for mobile gaming on the Galaxy S22, including ray tracing.

SuperRoader also gave details on RAM and storage for the three Galaxy S22 models: the base S22 and S22 Plus (possibly named S22 Pro) will have 8GB and 256GB, the Ultra will have 12GB or 16GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage.

This seems to be a fairly definitive rumor, but the SuperRoader story does not mesh with other well-known leakers. For example, Max Weinbach and IceUniverse have both stated that they still believe that the same Snapdragon and Exynos split that Samsung has used so far will still take place.

In previous years, we would have been delighted to hear that Samsung would be adopting Snapdragon devices across the board in its flagship phones; there is only a small performance difference between a Snapdragon Galaxy S phone and an Exynos phone, but Snapdragon models have historically performed better.

However, the Exynos 2200 is more powerful than ever, and we were looking forward to seeing what Samsung's in-house silicon could do, as it is likely to be enhanced by an AMD GPU. Google has just moved to its own Tensor chip with the Google Pixel 6, and Apple continues to build its A-series silicon with the iPhone 13's A15 chip.

However, if SuperRoader's claims are correct, we may not see this supposedly ultra-high-performance Exynos chip. And while a Snapdragon flagship chip would be no surprise, it would not be as exciting as Samsung's chipset with graphics built on the same RDNA 2 architecture as the PS5 and Xbox Series X

. The base Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Pro are expected to be slimmer and feature a new camera sensor, while the Galaxy S22 Ultra will have a built-in S Pen, a more sophisticated version of the camera on the Galaxy S21 Ultra, and a more wide device, and it is believed to be a wider device.

Leakers can't seem to come to a consensus, and the only way we will know the truth is when the phone goes on sale. As far as we know, it will be launched on February 8, which is later than expected, but only so that the cheaper Galaxy S21 FE can be launched first, which itself is already months late.