Mediatek Dimensity 9300 vs Samsung Exynos 2500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Mediatek Dimensity 9300 vs Samsung Exynos 2500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Mediatek Dimensity 9300 comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU GPU, while the Samsung Exynos 2500 comes with a deca-core CPU and the Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Samsung Exynos 2500
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4 nm
- Geekbench 6 shows 5% faster single-core and 4% faster multi-core performance
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
- Newer release date (June 2025 vs November 2023)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
78
|
81
|
| GPU Score |
82
|
85
|
| Memory Score |
95
|
95
|
| Total Score |
84
|
87
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
Samsung Exynos 2500 +5%
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,055,084
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
| CPU | 485,064 | 514,532 |
| GPU | 899,463 | 946,368 |
| MEM | 357,691 | 383,044 |
| UX | 312,866 | 310,881 |
| TOTAL | 2,055,084 | 2,154,825 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +5%
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,248
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
Multi-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +4%
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
7,824
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
| Single-Core | 2,248 | 2,359 |
| Multi-Core | 7,824 | 8,141 |
General
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9300 | Samsung Exynos 2500 |
| Launch Date | November 2023 | June 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | MT6989 | S5E9955 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex X4 3x 2.85 GHz - Cortex A720 4x 2.0 GHz - Cortex-A720 |
1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925 2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725 5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725 2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3250 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP | 7 Watts | 6 Watts |
GPU
| GPU Name | Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| GPU Frequency | 850 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | MediaTek APU 790 | 59 TOPS NPU |
| Shading Units | 768 | 64 |
| Compute Performance | 3.99 TFLOPS | 4.09 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes, Hardware-accelerated |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 320MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS | 8K @ 30FPS HDR 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS; 4K @ 60FPS | 8K @ 30FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 HEVC AV1 VP9 |
H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
| Display Support | 3840x2160 | 4K |
Connectivity
| Modem | MediaTek T830 5G | Exynos 5400 5G |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7.9 Gbps | Up to 9.64 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 4.2 Gbps | Up to 2.55 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |