Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 1200
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Samsung Exynos 2500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Samsung Exynos 2500 comes with a deca-core CPU paired with a Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU, while the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 comes with an octa-core CPU and the ARM Mali-G77 MP9 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Samsung Exynos 2500
- Released 4 years and 5 months later - (June 2025 vs January 2021)
- Uses newer LPDDR5X memory compared to older LPDDR4X
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
- 13% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 4266 MHz)
- 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 34.1 GB/s)
- 10% Faster CPU clock speed (3300 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
- 206% higher AnTuTu score (2.15M vs 704K)
- Geekbench 6 shows 117% faster single-core and 144% faster multi-core performance
- Newer Wi-Fi 7 vs older Wi-Fi 6
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.2-A)
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 6 nm
- 702% higher compute power (4.09 TFLOPS vs 0.51 TFLOPS)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
81
|
44
|
| GPU Score |
85
|
38
|
| Memory Score |
95
|
69
|
| Total Score |
87
|
50
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
Samsung Exynos 2500 +206%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
704,215
| CPU | 514,532 | 184,232 |
| GPU | 946,368 | 245,592 |
| MEM | 383,044 | 124,433 |
| UX | 310,881 | 149,958 |
| TOTAL | 2,154,825 | 704,215 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +117%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
1,089
Multi-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +144%
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
3,334
| Single-Core | 2,359 | 1,089 |
| Multi-Core | 8,141 | 3,334 |
General
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | MediaTek Dimensity 1200 |
| Launch Date | June 2025 | January 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | S5E9955 | MT6893 |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925 2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725 5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725 2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520 |
1x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A78 3x 2.6GHz - Cortex-A78 4x 2.0GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3300 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 11 MB | 320 KB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP | 6 Watts | 8 W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | ARM Mali-G77 MP9 |
| GPU Frequency | 999 MHz | 886 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 59 TOPS NPU | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 64 | 32 |
| Compute Performance | 4.09 TFLOPS | 0.510 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, Hardware-accelerated | Yes (Software-based) |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 34.1 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320MP | 1x 200 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS HDR 4K @ 120FPS |
4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS | 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 |
H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
| Display Support | 4K | 2520 x 1080 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 5G | Helio M70 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 9.64 Gbps | Up to 4.7 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 2.55 Gbps | Up to 2.5 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, NavIC, QZSS |