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Mediatek Dimensity 9300 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
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Samsung Exynos 2500
Samsung Exynos 2500

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.

Why Samsung Exynos 2500 is better than Mediatek Dimensity 9300

  • 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)

Performance scores

Overall comparison of performance, power efficiency, and real-world usage.

CPU score

Mediatek Dimensity 9300
78
Samsung Exynos 2500
81

GPU score

Mediatek Dimensity 9300
82
Samsung Exynos 2500
85

Memory score

Mediatek Dimensity 9300
95
Samsung Exynos 2500
95

Total score

Mediatek Dimensity 9300
84
Samsung Exynos 2500
87

AnTuTu 10

AnTuTu checks how well the CPU, GPU, memory, and storage perform under load.
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,055,084
Samsung Exynos 2500
+5% better
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

Geekbench measures CPU performance in single-core and multi-core scenarios.

Single-Core

Mediatek Dimensity 9300
2,248
Samsung Exynos 2500
+5% better
2,359

Multi-Core

Mediatek Dimensity 9300
7,824
Samsung Exynos 2500
+4% better
8,141
Single-Core 2,248 2,359
Multi-Core 7,824 8,141
Mediatek Dimensity 9300
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General

SoC Name Mediatek Dimensity 9300 Samsung Exynos 2500
Launch Date November 2023 June 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model Number MT6989 S5E9955
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

CPU

CPU Cores 8 10
Architecture ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
Core Configuration 4x 3.25 GHz - Cortex X4
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
Max Clock Speed 3250 MHz 3300 MHz
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 Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12 GPU Samsung Xclipse 950
GPU Architecture 5th Gen Valhall Architecture AMD RDNA 3 Architecture
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
Max Refresh Rate 180Hz at WQHD 4K @ 120Hz
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
Max Display Resolution 3840x2160 4K
Video Recording 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

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T830 5G Exynos 5400 5G
4G LTE Cat.24 (FDD/TDD) LTE-A Cat.24
5G Sub-6 GHz & mmWave; SA/NSA; 4CC CA Sub-6GHz NR, mmWave
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 5.4 5.4
Navigation NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS